As a nurse who has worked in developing countries such as Malawi, SI UN Representative Gloria Essoka was excited to attend an NGO event about the role vaccines have in improving global health. Gloria writes for SI about this event, which highlighted the key role women have in ensuring that

Second Solar Cooker Installation and Training in Nelson Palmer SDA Primary School in Navosa in FIJI ISLANDS Shikha Raturi reports from Fiji on the second solar cooker installation   The day prior to our trip, we got ourselves organized and loaded the car with boxes of solar cookers, educational materials,

On World Environment Day I pose the question “What difference are we really making?” by Deborah Thomas, GED Soroptimist International We reduce our use of plastic, we recycle, we upcycle. We try to do fewer miles in our vehicles. We endeavour to consume less electricity, gas and oil and of

Sex Trafficking- a Global malaise and a blot of the sub-continent  by Nisha Ghosh, Friendship Link Coordinator SIGBI, SI Pune Metro East India   Picture: Nisha and me with Ruchira at CSW59 ‘Bringing an End to Sex Trafficking: We Can Do It!’ This SI event on the first day of CSW59

The UN's second biggest centre is found in Geneva, a comparably small city in western Switzerland.  For security reasons the UN in Geneva can only be visited by guided tours.  This makes it difficult for many people to visit the UN site, including Swiss people who live nearby.  Two of

Shikha Raturi reports from Fiji on the first solar cooker installation and training at Hart Home, Ba, Viti Levu Finally the day arrived. After driving for nearly 5 hours, the team reached Ba Hart Home just before midday. The first solar cooker installation and related activities took place within Hart

If you are keeping up with our posts on facebook, you will have already delighted in seeing pictures of school children taking their very first look at the new computers! SI Dunfermline submitted a project which was subsequently publish by International President Ann Garvie, to provide solar panels and solar

SI UN Representative, Martina Gredler, recently attended and presented at the 13 UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Doha, Qatar. In this blog, Martina writes about her personal experiences at the Congress, and her thoughts on Doha as a rapidly developing city.   Tuesday 14 April: As

21 March, 2015 A blog written By Ms Eri Makino, Member of Soroptimist International of Singapore (SIS) To mark International Women’s Day, Soroptimist International of Singapore (SIS), in collaboration with ONE (SINGAPORE) and SIM University, organized a film and panel discussion event on 21 March, 2015. The film entitled 'No

International Programme Director, Hilary Ratcliffe reflects on CSW59 "CSW59 was a huge success for Soroptimist International. The dedicated and proactive delegation of around 100 Soroptimists from across the globe were able to advocate for women and girls and their hard work paid off. The international nature of the delegation meant