This edition focuses on recent developments in environmental and climate change policy. UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) Earlier this year, the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) made history as it delivered multiple landmark resolutions in environmental policy. The most significant moment was the adoption of the
What is the NGO Forum? NGO CSW/NY organises the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and runs parallel to the official session taking place at the UN Headquarters in New York. This gives all of us the opportunity to engage in a multitude of
SI Voices SI Voices Podcasts & Webinars Podcasts & Webinars Informative, inspiring interviews and discussions in recognition of 100 years of Soroptimist International LEARN MORE LEARN MORE SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL IS A GLOBAL VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT Founded in 1921, Soroptimist International is a global volunteer movement with a network of just under
The use of the whole spectrum of drugs has become a major source of threat to the health of women and girls. In 2018, an estimated 269 million people worldwide, including women or girls, continued to use drugs including opioids. The restrictions on movement, gatherings and social distancing which were
27 – 30 JULY 2020 Plans for the annual Soroptimist International (SI) in person board meeting and Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held in Seattle may have been abandoned, but the SI Board and Federation Presidents embraced the digital alternative holding a series of highly successful meetings over four
This month's edition focuses on the work of SI's United Nations representatives in Nairobi. The United Nations Office in Nairobi is the headquarters for the UN in Africa and the home of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). UNEP is responsible for coordinating the UN’s environmental activities and supports the
"Without migration, societies worldwide would never have achieved their current level of development... travel and communications have become faster and easier, people are moving from country to country in even greater numbers....Yet the structural factors driving migration, demographic imbalances, economic inequalities, conflict, disasters and the impacts of climate change, are
It is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone
1 in 3 women throughout the world (35%) will experience physical and/or sexual violence by
Older women account for 54% of the global population aged 60 years and above, and
