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Introducing Ayo – Soroptimists Supporting Youth Activism to End FGM & Child Marriage #16days

Soroptimist International is delighted to introduce you to Ayodeji Bello, an ambitious and accomplished young woman, and one of our SI Road to Equality #SoroptimistSix. So vital on our Road to Equality - your support of the President's Appeal, 2019-2021 will empower Ayo and others in their work within their

End Child Marriage #16Days

SI Advocacy Coordinator, Hannah Agius, discusses the need for community-specific responses to child marriage: “It is estimated that 12 million girls are married before the age of 18 each year. Evidence shows that this practice puts girls at an increased risk of physical and psychological violence. We know that cases

Human Trafficking #16Days

An article written by Dawn Marie Lemonds - SI Committee Chair and SI Board Director "In 1995 at the Beijing 4th World Conference, Human Slavery/Human Trafficking was seen as 'hardly an issue', and yet, the practice was viewed to be a priority for many Soroptimists already working in this area

Education for Sustainable Development and Climate Action

On Friday 15 November, Evelyne Para, UN Representative of SI at UNESCO Paris, took part in an event devoted to 'Education for sustainable development and climate action', within the framework of the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference. "The first half of this event was dedicated to the 2019

FGM – My Story #16Days

Today, 25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Day One of the 16 Days of Activism. Today we deliver a powerful story written by Soroptimist Asha Abulrahman, and an equally moving video - both of which paint a very real and alarming picture

SI Road to Equality – #ENDFGM & the Soroptimist Six

Soroptimist International is delighted to announce its first collaboration on The Road to Equality, the SI President's Appeal, 2019-2021. Working with the highly influential Global Media Campaign to End FGM, SI Road to Equality is to support the Soroptimist Six, inspired and determined women activists making a difference in their

Your Voice at the UN

This month's edition focuses on the Beijing +25 Regional Review Forum held in Geneva, 28-29 October. The forum gathered together Member States and Civil Society Actors to review progress made towards achieving gender equality across the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region since the Beijing Declaration and Platform

The Journey to Age Equality

A blog by SI UN Representative, Marion Prechtl following her attendance at the Symposium ''The Journey to Age Equality'', on the occasion of the UN International day of Older Persons held in the House of the European Union, Vienna. "The opening speech by Monika Vana (Member of the European Parliament)

Building a Girl Force – UNESCO 2019

A blog by Marie-Christine Gries, Celebrating International Girl Child’s Day: building a "Girl Force" Gender equality is one of the major priorities of UNESCO, which has been given the task of leading and coordinating the 2030 Education Agenda for the UN. UNESCO launched in 2019, From access to empowerment:

Part Two: UNGA 74 – Healthcare as a driver for inclusive development for all

by Maria-Laura Fornella SI Representative to the United Nations New York. "I attended the Panel on Universal Health Care as a Driver of Equity, Inclusive Development and Prosperity for All. Co-chaired by Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and Pedro Sanchez, President of the Government of Spain, this panel also

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