It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of SI’s 2007-2011 Quadrennial Report. This report is in electronic format and is available on our website: https://www.soroptimistinternational.org/assets/media/documents/Quadrennial-Report-2007-2011.pdf Many thanks to all SI Officers and post-holders for making this another successful quadrennium!  We hope that you enjoy reading about the

This paper was presented on the 17th June 2011 at the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF) 28 in Nairobi, Kenya. The GHACOFs are fora where the IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC), provide Climate forecasts for the IGAD countries (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Somalia,

Message from the Australian Network to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions: Dear Members and Supporters of the Australian Network to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions (ANBLC) We are calling for your help with our petition to the Government to amend the cluster munition legislation. We urgently need more signatures from

“The strategic plan before you is our shared roadmap for the next few years,” Bachelet declared at the annual session of the agency’s executive board at the U.N. headquarters in New York. “Like any good map, it sets out a general direction to be followed. We will need to come

SI is delighted to announce that Soroptimist International has been selected to deliver an oral statement at this year's ECOSOC High Level Segment. The theme this year is “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education”. As far as we are aware,  this is the first time

Last week (June 23rd) was First International Widows’ Day. The UN Resolution to mark this day was passed in February of this year. Here in New York, we celebrated this first International Widows’ Day with Michelle Bachelet, the head of UN Women, Mrs. Ban Soon-Taek, the wife of UN Secretary

Today is the launch of the first ever UN International Widows' Day, aimed at highlighting the plight of women all over the world who have lost their husbands. The UN says an estimated 115 million of the world's 245 million widows face poverty and discrimination, with many deprived of their

Press release: 22 June 2011 Leadership poised to ensure an open, democratic forum for women’s voices at the UN June 17, 2011 – New York, NY – The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY (NGO/CSW/NY), one of three women’s committees of CoNGO that advocates for women’s rights and

  To take advantage of this last minute offer for all new bookings, contact si2011-montreal@jdpl.com For more information about the convention, visit www.si-montreal2011.org We look forward to seeing you there!    

The Executive Board’s Committee on International Non-Governmental Organizations held four meetings on 5 and 6 May 2011 to examine the “Relations with International Non-Governmental Organizations, Foundations and Similar Institutions”. The meetings were attended by 23 States Members of the Committee and 70 international non-governmental organizations. In his statement, Mr Eric