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The Global Compact to Promote Safe and Orderly Migration is Finalised

A blog by Linda Witong, SI Special Advisor to Advocacy "On July 13, we were able to participate in a historic moment. On that date, more than 190 countries agreed on a Global Compact to Promote Safe and Orderly Migration culminating lengthy and often contentious negotiations after more than a

Five Minutes With the SI Convention Committee – Saradha Narayanan

In the second edition of 'Five Minutes With' we talk to Dr. Saradha Narayanan, Programme Coordinator 1, SI Convention Committee 2019. Photo: Dr. Saradha Narayanan Name: Dr. Saradha Narayanan SI Club: SI Club of Damansara, Malaysia Position in Committee: Programme Coordinator 1 SI Convention 2019 Q: When did

SI Nordic Days – Using it without Losing it

A blog by Hafdis Karlsdottir, SI Iceland, Mariet Verhoef-Cohen, SI President and Marlène van Benthem, SI the Netherlands. "This year the Nordic Days were held in the beautiful Icelandic town of Akureyri on 22-23 June, with the theme ‘Our Environment and Energy – Using it without Losing it'. Linking Energy,

WORLD REFUGEE DAY

A blog by SI UN Rep, New York, Barbara Rochman "The United Nations World Refugee Day is celebrated on 20 June every year. The world celebrates so that we do not forget the needs and contributions of those millions of people who have fled their countries because of conflict or

Climate Justice – what does it mean?

A blog by Pat Black "In 2015 everyone celebrated when all the UN Member States signed up to the ‘Paris Agreement’ on climate change. It made international news headlines, unusual for a UN Agreement. When President Donald Trump announced last year he would withdraw the USA from the agreement he

Soroptimists raise € 55.000 for School for Justice

Actress and Free a Girl Ambassador, Mallika Sherawat, continues to raise her voice regarding the heinous crime of forced child prostitution, by joining Free a Girl’s Lock Me Up Campaign at the 71st Cannes Film Festival 2018, wherein Mallika was locked up in a small cage at the Radisson Blu,

Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

A blog by Wanda Peters, SI Public Relations Officer "On 3 May 2018, I attended a keynote address and panel discussion entitled ‘Leadership in Human Rights, Diversity, and Inclusion’ in the Academiegebouw, one of the beautiful old buildings of Utrecht University. This year, on 10 December to be precise, it

News from the 4th SIFAF conference

Photo: The SIFAF Conference poster News from 4th SIFAF conference co-authored by Mary Muia, SIFAF President, Task Force Chair, and member of SI Karen Blixen Club of Nairobi Kenya, and Wanda Peters, SI Public Relations 2017-2019. With 1788 members in 27 countries on the African continent, SIFAF, the Soroptimist International Future

Part Two – Behind the scenes at CSocD

Did you ever wonder how these commissions, forums and other multi-day meetings actually happen? Soroptimist International New York representative Bette Levy explains all that goes on behind the scenes to arrange a recent meeting at the United Nations headquarters, the 56th Commission for Social Development. "It takes a lot of work and

Part One – Commission for Social Development 56th Session

The Commission for Social Development fifty-sixth session, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Social Policy and Development, was held at UN Headquarters, New York, January 29 2018 to February 7, 2018. Purpose: Since the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen in 1995, the Commission for Social

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