This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Helena Cheah from Malaysia. Here she talks about the Malaysian response to unwanted babies and the emergence of the 'baby hatch' as an alternative to baby 'dumping'. Many countries have strict laws concerning sexual morality and enforced segregation of unmarried men and women. Sex

This week’s SoroptiVoice is from Heather Brotsos, a member in Washington DC and the Soroptimist International representative at the 2011 World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum. Heather reports back from the largest ever Civil Society Policy Forum where over 600 CSO representatives met with World Bank and International Monetary Fund

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Sarvina Kang, from SI Cambodia. Here she shares her recent experiences in Switzerland, where she attened the One Young World Conference. It was the friendship of her Soroptimist sisters that enabled her to go - a true example of the Soroptimist spirit! Traveling miles

This week's blog comes from SI's new International Procedural Consultant, Carwen Wynne Howells, from the UK. Let’s face it, Soroptimists are a fairly sociable bunch who are not adverse to the odd glass or two of red or white ‘tea’ (i.e wine) and, whilst we may kid ourselves that we

Welcome to DPI NGO! This is the fourth in a series of special blog reports about the 64th Annual DPI/NGO Conference: Sustainable Societies, Responsive Citizens. Here, International President Alice Wells, shares her experiences.    Sustainable development is about “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet

Welcome to DPI NGO! This is the third of a series of special blog reports that will be posted over the next few days about this 64th Annual DPI/NGO Conference: Sustainable Societies, Responsive Citizens. Here, Anusha Santhirasthipam, SI's Assistant Programme Director, shares her experiences at the UN Environment Programme consultations which took place in

Welcome to DPI NGO! This is the second of a series of special blog reports that will be posted over the next ten days about this 64th Annual DPI/NGO Conference: Sustainable Societies, Responsive Citizens. Hilary Ratcliffe reports back on the rest of her DPI/NGO experience.   By now, moving towards the end of the third

Welcome to DPI NGO! This is the first of a series of special blog reports that will be posted over the next ten days about this 64th Annual DPI/NGO Conference: Sustainable Societies, Responsive Citizens. Hilary Ratcliffe is the first to report back on her busy day here in Bonn. We have just eaten lunch with representatives

The author of this week’s blog is Jackie Paling, SIGBI Assistant Programme Director for Human Rights/Status of Women. 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 blog comes from SIHQ Programme Director, Reilly Dempsey.  She shares how she, though not technically a Soroptimist, is Soroptimism!  Read on and you'll understand....Click HERE to join the Facebook discussion on what Soroptimism means to you.   Okay, so technically I’m not a Soroptimist, but hey, this whole