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Disaster Risk Reduction, Gender and Youth

This paper was presented on the 17th June 2011 at the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF) 28 in Nairobi, Kenya. The GHACOFs are fora where the IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC), provide Climate forecasts for the IGAD countries (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Somalia,

Leadership Skills for Life

This week's SoroptiVoice comes from Chris Knight, SI Moreton North Inc. Australia SISWP. Earlier this week we posted a news story about the UN Year of Youth which Chris has been a big supporter of. Here she talks about the huge gains to be made by engaging with and supporting

SIE Recognises Outstanding Projects

This week's SoroptiVoice comes from Suba Parthiban, SIE's Programme Executive. Here she gives an overview of some of the fantastic projects SIE clubs have been responsible for. These projects were recently recognised at the SIE Board and Governors meeting in Palermo, Italy which met at the end of May. Well

SI Sign Joint NGO Statement on Environmental Education

SI recently supported a joint NGO statement written by the Committee on the Environment, Geneva, drawing attention to the importance of Environmental Education, especially for women and girls who are among the most vulnerable groups affected by climate change. Here is a summary of the statement. To read the full

SI Attends Civil Society Hearings on Least Developed Countries

Earlier this month, SI's UN Reps in New York, Lois Beilin and Carol Themm, attended the Civil Society Hearings on the Least Developed Countries, in advance of the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey from May 9 to 13, 2011.

SI Convention Speakers – Dr Kirsty Duncan, leading medical geographer

As the April 15th deadline for early bird registration draws closer, SI are posting a special series of blog posts introducing some of brilliant key note and plenary speakers who will be appearing at Convention. Remember, the early bird gets the worm - register now! When Canadian medical geographer Dr. Kirsty

World Water Day – The Urban Challenge

Today is world water day! The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro and focuses on a different water issue each year. The theme for 2011 is Water for Cities:

SI visits UN Reps in Vienna – Trafficking and IWD

President Elect Alice Wells and Programme Director Reilly Dempsey visit our UN Reps in Vienna for International Women’s Day! From the 9th to the 13th March, Alice and Reilly visited Roswitha Benesch, our UN European Liaison and Dora Vrdlovec, UN Rep in Vienna. Roswitha and Dora had set up quite

CSW 55 concludes 2011 session with adoption of agreed conclusions

Source: UN Press Release Following an unusual delay in the negotiations of the CSW 55 agreed conclusions, the final session was held yesterday (March 14th). The final report was adopted after a period of 'extensive and intense' negotiations. Noting that quality education and women’s full access to and participation in

Finally….the US Mission

Finally…. I have been coming to the CSW meeting for many years. During the past administration of the United States, I often wanted to pretend that I was Canadian as the United States was not a strong supporter of the UN. The US mission to the UN was often creating

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