As we gear up for Rio+20, starting next week in Brazil, SI UN Representative Bette Levy summarises the current international position on the outcome document, and attempts to explain why the negotiations have been so difficult. She has been following events in New York since the start of the year.

This week's SoroptiVoice comes from SIA Past President  and SIA Federation Programme Director Sharon Fisher. She is clearly getting excited about the forthcoming SIA convention in Hawaii - we can understand why! So if you are still thinking about going, read on to be convinced! Every two years, Soroptimist International

The author of this week’s blog is Jackie Paling, SIGBI Assistant Programme Director for Violence and Conflict Resolution. Jackie has travelled extensively around the world and says that her experiences have provided her with a truly excellent education. A regular visitor to Afghanistan, Jackie takes out humanitarian aid and supports

This week's SoroptiVoice Blog comes from Action on Armed Violence (previously Landmine Action) which started its field programming in Liberia in 2005, two years following the end of the civil war.  Initially, the purpose of this programme was to conduct weapons and ammunition collection and destruction, but it quickly developed

This week’s SoroptiVoice blog comes from Michelle Bart, President of Soroptimist International of Southwest Washington (SI Northwestern Region, USA) and the Public Awareness Chair for SI Northwestern Region.  May is National Arthritis Awareness Month so we asked Michelle to share with us her lifetime journey of living with arthritis “If

How did the project “Women and Climate Change” – a partnership between SI Kenya and SI Denmark, come about? Else Larsen, previous SI UN Representative at the FAO in Rome, recently visited Kenya with a group of Danish Soroptimists. Here she reports the highlights and shares their learning. Recently (5-16

This week we hear from one of the Assistant Programme Directors in SIGBI, Barbara Dixon. Earlier this year she visited Cambodia in her professional capacity as a dentist. Here she shares her experiences - from the cities of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap to the rural villages. When we think

This month's Monthly Focus has been on landmines. Here we hear from one young woman who has made a huge difference in Croatia - a country still plagued by landmines. Sara Shawesh is a recent graduate from the University of British Columbia in Canada and Soroptimists have been supporting her

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Theresa Lyford, SI South West Pacific's Assistant Federation Programme Director in charge of coordinating SISWP zones A and B. She got to celebrate International Women's Day 2012 in China - and what an amazing experience it was! Many thanks to Theresa for sharing this

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Sue Biggs, SIGBI Federation Programme Director. Here she shares SIGBI's 3E project, and a chance encounter with a young lady from The Gambia at CSW 56.  The schedule is printed well in advance, you see your name in black and white, then you don’t