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Sustainable Development & Food Security: Intervention from a Soroptimist!

This weeks SoroptiVoice Blog comes from International Programme Director Hilary Ratcliffe. Hilary spent a week at the FAO in Rome, celebrating both World Food Day and International Day of Rural Women. Hilary attended a series of meetings at the FAO and gave a talk on the importance of women in

International World Food Day – Zero Hunger and the Power of Cooperatives

Our last news article discussed the 39th Session for the Committee on World Food Security. The first day, October 15th, International Day of Rural Women, was held at the FAO headquarters in Rome. The day addressed the progress needed towards the realisation of economic empowerment for rural women so that

President Obama and UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon discuss the future of the MDGs

September 25th 2012 was the 67th General Assembly at the United Nations New York. It consisted of an Open Dialogue with the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and addressed the need for a Post-2015 Framework. UN Representatives for New York Yoko Komori Olson and Bette Levy attended

Rio + 20: What now?

The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in Rio de Janeiro on 20-22 June 2012 brought together world leaders, government officials, and civil society and private sector representatives who sought the best ways to work towards achieving a global ‘green economy’, poverty eradication and sustainable development. Long before

Living in Harmony with Nature

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Ruth Dodd SIGBI Assistant Programme Director for Environmental Sustainability. Ruth has been a member of SI since 1997 and is president elect of her club SI Amber Valley in the UK. The term biodiversity describes the variety of life on Earth, from micro-organisms to

What Do Reproductive Rights Have to do with Sustainable Development?

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from SI Assistant Programme Director Anusha Santhirasthipam. She has just returned from the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development Conference, which concluded on June 22nd. Whilst the events of last week are still fresh in her mind, she reflects on why sexual and reproductive health

Rio+20 News: Women's Organisations Express Discontent with Rio Outcome

On Sunday 24 June 2012, the Women’s Major Group (WMG), representing 200 civil society women’s organizations from all around the world issued a statement to express great disappointment with the results of the Rio+20 conference. Soroptimist International is a member of the Women’s Major Group and an active participant in

Rio+20 News: Will Actions Speak Louder Than Words?

SI's delegation at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20, report back from the opening day of the Heads of State Plenary Session. You can tweet your questions to SIE Programme Executive @SubaUma with any questions, or leave SI International Assistant Programme Director Anusha a message through the

Rio+20: Successful Outcome for Women? Only Time Will Tell.

Suba, SIE Programme Executive is blogging and tweeting live from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development - known as Rio+20. We have a Soroptimist delegation observing the high level discussions, participating in the side events and networking with other NGOs. Progress over the past few months has been slow when

Rio+20: Count down to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

As we gear up for Rio+20, starting next week in Brazil, SI UN Representative Bette Levy summarises the current international position on the outcome document, and attempts to explain why the negotiations have been so difficult. She has been following events in New York since the start of the year.

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