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Nairobi Central – The Chartering of a New Club with Forty Soroptimists

A blog by Soroptimist Jan-Pieter Verhoef "We are in Nairobi, Kenya and celebrated the inauguration of the new Nairobi Central club - forty new Soroptimists have joined the organisation. The weekend began on Friday with the launch of My Book Buddy at the Kawethei Primary School in Kangundo, Machakos County.

Thinking on it – Mariet Verhoef-Cohen at the 85th SIGBI Conference

The 85th Soroptimist International (SI) Federation of Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) Conference took place in Bournemouth, UK, 24-26 October 2019. Here, Caroline Auckland of SI Tunbridge Wells & District writes a blog following a presentation by SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen 2017-2019. "President Mariet welcomed everyone and remarked that

Sculpture outside of UNESCO building in Paris

Strengthening partnerships between Non-governmental Organisations and the United Nations

A blog by SI UN representative, Marie Christine Gries, following her attendance at the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) preparations for the 40th General Conference, 207th session of the Executive Board meeting, Committee of Non-Governmental Partners (NGP), held on Friday 11 October 2019. "This committee is a

Our Actions are our Future – the journey towards a zero hunger world

A blog by Liliana Mosca, SI UN Representative, Rome "World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. This year focused on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 - Zero Hunger, with the theme “Our Actions Are Our Future Healthy Diets for A #ZeroHunger World.” The event

Generation Equality: Realising women’s rights for an equal future

From Biarritz to Beijing 25: Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal future, United Nations (UN) New York, 23, September 2019 A blog by Barbara Rochman, SI UN Representative, New York "I attended the programme, From Biarritz to Beijing 25 - Generation Equality sponsored by France and Mexico on

Day of the Girl – Unscripted and Unstoppable

Today is the #DayofTheGirl. Read a wonderful blog by Sarah Cowley - her thoughts on today and her experience being part of Soroptimist International *Originally written for SI Moreton North Inc. Special thanks to Sarah and Chris Knight of Soroptimist International South West Pacific for sharing this blog with us.

Your Voice at the UN

This edition contains news from the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi, and the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference, held in Utah, alongside other news and updates from SI's UN Representatives. Berthe De Vos, SI UN Representative, Geneva SI at

Empowering Women & Girls: The Only Way to Accomplish the UN SDGs

A blog by Jo Breneman "Together with eight Soroptimist members and hundreds of other attendees at the 68th Civil Society Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Aug 26-28, 2019, we listened to and learned from Smina Adhikari, Natalie W. Romeri-Lewis, Celeste Mergens, and James B. Mayfield who shared/reported data

Education is a Human Right.

Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong, blogs about the content of the Human Rights Council's latest resolution on Education. "On July 11, 2019, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a Resolution which again addressed the human right to education. It acknowledged that, although the human right of everyone to

Follow up Implementation of the 4th Session of the UNEA 4

A blog by Mary Muia, Soroptimist International (SI) United Nations (UN) Representative, Nairobi "The incoming Executive Director to UNEP/EA, Ms Inger Andersen during the 146th meeting of the Committee of the Permanent Representatives (CPR) to the United Nations held on 20 June 2019 remarked: “We are at one of the

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