In June Soroptimist International Past President Hanne Jensbo received a thank you letter from SI Japan, following the support of Soroptimist worldwide after the earthquake of April 2011. Hanne shares the letter here, along with a thank you video produced by SI Japan. Dear Hanne, We, the board members of

Julie is  a member of SI Hobart, Tasmania. She is one of SISWP Programme Coordinators and a regular SoroptiVoice Blog writer (Click here and here to read her other blogs). In this blog post she explains how, in the course of her work, she came to develop the hands-on participatory

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from SIA Executive Director Liz Lucas. Having been in post for almost 12 months, she takes the opportunity to reflect on what the SI 'Educate to Lead' programme of work means for Soroptimist International of the Americas, and how Soroptimists are helping thousands of women

This week's brief SoroptiVoice Blog comes from past International Assistant Programme Director Margaret Cook. She had the honour of taking part in the Olympic Torch relay 2 weeks ago - and she certainly carried the flame for Soroptimist's all over the world! Well done Margaret! Sunday June 24th was a

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Ruth Dodd SIGBI Assistant Programme Director for Environmental Sustainability. Ruth has been a member of SI since 1997 and is president elect of her club SI Amber Valley in the UK. The term biodiversity describes the variety of life on Earth, from micro-organisms to

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from SI Assistant Programme Director Anusha Santhirasthipam. She has just returned from the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development Conference, which concluded on June 22nd. Whilst the events of last week are still fresh in her mind, she reflects on why sexual and reproductive health

As the Rio+20 Earth Summit is held this month we can read and hear lots about ‘sustainable development’ from different perspectives.  But how many of us can actually relate to this terminology and know about the importance of discussions held in Rio to human existence on our planet?  SIE Programme

Suba, SIE Programme Executive is blogging and tweeting live from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development - known as Rio+20. We have a Soroptimist delegation observing the high level discussions, participating in the side events and networking with other NGOs. Progress over the past few months has been slow when

SI Assistant Programme Director, Anusha Santhirasthipam,  is reporting live from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development - known as Rio+20. We have a Soroptimist delegation observing the high level discussions, participating in the side events and networking with other NGOs. Progress over the past few months has been slow when

This week's SoroptiVoice blog is from Robyn Cain, SISWP Federation Programme Director. She reflects on the SISWP Federation Conference of Clubs in New Zealand which took place at the beginning of May. Many thanks to Robyn for reporting back - and welcome to Siew Yong, the new President of SI