Soroptimists worldwide mark October 3, the foundation date of the first club in Oakland (USA) in 1921, as Club Friendship Day, celebrating the role of SI in bringing together women from different cultures and backgrounds. In this week's SoroptiVoice blog, Cathy Coyte writes about celebrating the birth of one of

  Soroptimism has always been about women coming together to build a better world; increasingly, digital communications offer new ways of bringing people together for a shared purpose, creating new communities and sustaining existing relationships. In this week's SoroptiVoice blog, Alyssa Ketterer, Digital Marketing Manager for Soroptimist International of the

This week's SoroptiVoice blog for International Peace Day (21st September) comes from Kate Moore, a Soroptimist and Co-Chair of Action on Armed Violence. AoAV, formerly known as Landmine Action, carries out research, advocacy and field work to reduce the incidence and impact of global armed violence. Soroptimists in the UK have

As the UN prepares for International Day of Peace (21 September),  Soroptimist International UN Representatives in New York attended the United Nations High Level Forum on the Culture of Peace. In this week's SoroptiVoice blog, Paulette Forbes-Igharo reports on the Forum, with photographs by her fellow UN Representative Yoko Komori Olson.  Yoko also met

Wendy Bell is co-ordinator for the Awareness Campaign on Female Genital Mutilation/ Circumcision by Soroptimist International Tenby & District, a club in the Wales South Region of the UK.  Although SI Tenby and District is a small club in a rural area unaffected by FGM, they have been at the forefront of Soroptimist

  This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Caroline Leach, who succeeded Anusha Santhirasthipam as   SI's International Assistant Programme Director this month. Caroline has been a member of SI Riverside in California, USA, for 25 years and has undertaken many roles at Club and Regional level. In her professional life, she has worked in

This week’s blog comes from Dora Vrdlovec, SI UN representative, Vienna. At the Vienna + 20 conference Dora attended the meeting entitled ‘Women’s rights at stake?! Voices of women’s right’s activists’ which took a look at past achievements in women’s rights. ‘Women’s rights at stake!?’ talked about the history of

The Soroptimist Peace Marathon in Kigali, Rwanda, aims to promote unity, understanding and tolerance, bringing together competitors from Rwanda and abroad.  In this week's blog, Leena Viitaniemi, Soroptimist International of Europe Vice-President responsible for the Peace Marathon, writes about the 9th Marathon, which took place in May 2013. Leena is a member of SI Tampere in Finland.

During the first week of July, the High Level Segment of the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Substantive Session took place in Geneva. Soroptimist International holds General Consultative Status with ECOSOC, so UN Representative Sabine Kinzer attended several events during this important week of meetings. One of the key

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Nneka Chris-Asoluka - Programme Action Chairwoman of Nigeria. Nneka describes the work Soroptimist clubs in Nigeria do in order to eradicate degrading and harmful practices imposed upon widows.   Soroptimist  International of Nigeria Association has consistently condemned the wicked, malicious and injurious customary and