This week's SoroptiVoice comes from Chris Knight, SI Moreton North Inc. Australia SISWP. Earlier this week we posted a news story about the UN Year of Youth which Chris has been a big supporter of. Here she talks about the huge gains to be made by engaging with and supporting

This week's SoroptiVoice comes from Suba Parthiban, SIE's Programme Executive. Here she gives an overview of some of the fantastic projects SIE clubs have been responsible for. These projects were recently recognised at the SIE Board and Governors meeting in Palermo, Italy which met at the end of May. Well

You may remember back in March we ran a special series of blog postings on our Soroptimist Commonwealth "Women as Agents of Change". It was recently bought to our attention that one of the nominations did not reach us here at SIHQ and so we would like to take the

This week's SoroptiVoice comes from Ruth Dodd, SIGBI's Assistant Programme Director for the Environment. Ruth joined SI in 1997 and is a member of Amber Valley Club in Derbyshire, England. Here she talks about the challenge of global water shortages and what Soroptimists can do to help. It's World Environment

This week’s SoroptiVoice comes from Paula Siddle, SISWP Assistant Federation Programme Director & Donna Kennedy, SI Nelson, NZ. They explain why NZ SI clubs selected this campaign at their New Zealand Conference for Clubs in March 2011 to be their National project for the next few years. This project is

This week's SoroptiVoice comes from Robyn Cain, SI South West Pacfic's Federation Programme Director. Here she explains the structure of SISWP's programme work and how this helps to keep clubs connected. Soroptimists all over the world work within their clubs to improve the lives of women and girls. Their club

SI are posting a special series of blog posts introducing some of brilliant key note and plenary speakers who will be appearing at Convention. In the past few days, the final two speakers have been announced. Today we feature the final  speaker in our mini series, Lee Graff.  As a

SI are posting a special series of blog posts introducing some of brilliant key note and plenary speakers who will be appearing at Convention. In the past few days, the final two speakers have been announced. Today we feature the Honourable Senator Mobina Jaffer,Senator for British Columbia. Mobina Jaffer was

This week, our SoroptiVoice comes from Linda Stillman, one of the five SI UN Representatives based in New York. Here she shares a little of her experience at the UN and the importance of  integrating men and boys into the debate on gender equality and women's rights. Before becoming an

This week's SoroptiVoice comes from Sue Challoner, SIGBI's Assistant Programme Director for Economic and Social Development. She explains the important role played by Fairtrade in many developing countries in gender equality and economic empowerment. Almost half the world over 3 billion people live in poverty, and have to provide for