by SI President-Elect, Mariet Verhoef-Cohen "World Water Day is held annually on 22 March to focus attention on the importance of freshwater and to campaign for the sustainable management of water resources. The ever-increasing world population and the rapid spread of industrialization are resulting in a higher demand for the
Thursday 16 March, and another fantastic day at CSW61. Following yesterday's successful Soroptimist International event, Opening the Door to Economic Empowerment for Women and Girls (click HERE to read the story), today began with the Informal NGO Morning Briefing, organised by NGO CSW/NY with H.E. Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Chair of the
by Advocacy Manager Caroline Mulligan. "As part of the CSW61 NGO Consultation Day organised by the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY (NGO CSW/NY) on 12 March 2017, attendees broke out for discussions into five groups. Soroptimist International President Yvonne Simpson and Soroptimist International President-Elect and President of the
A blog by Soroptimist International President, Yvonne Simpson "The Opening of CSW61 was held in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations, New York, today 13 March 2017. United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, addressed the Member States for the first time after taking office on 1st January 2017. Secretary-General António Guterres,
Lead home page image courtesy of UN Photo/John Isaac Soroptimist International President, Yvonne Simpson is delighted to announce the appointment of Bev Bucur as International Director of Advocacy for the 2017 – 2019 biennium. Bev will take up her post on Saturday 29 July 2017, in Rotterdam. “The Soroptimist theme of ‘Soroptimists
A blog by Marie D’Amato-Rizzi, NGO UN Representative, New York Centre "In order to understand what’s happening with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, one needs to start with the Commission for Social Development. This Commission addresses all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and makes recommendations to ECOSOC that then
Guest Blog by Emma Whitelock, CEO of Linking Education and Disability Scotland "Thanks to a nomination from Soroptimist International, I had the enormous privilege of giving a presentation and being part of a panel session on the subject of, 'Does e-learning address challenges of education systems worldwide?' at the 2016 International UNESCO
Soroptimist International President, Yvonne Simpson says: “On behalf of the Soroptimist International Board of Directors I am delighted to announce the appointment of Hafdís Karlsdóttir as the SI Assistant Director of Advocacy for the next biennium 2017 – 2019. Soroptimist International believes succession planning and mentoring are excellent tools for
Mariet Verhoef-Cohen, President-Elect of Soroptimist International (SI) and President, Women for Water Partnership (WfWP), is to be honoured at the Women Economic Forum – EU (WEF-EU), taking place at The Hague 27 to 28 January 2017. Mariet will be presented the Women Economic Forum 2017 award of ‘Women of the
International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since the early 1900's - and today, stands as a collective day of global celebration and a call for gender parity. No one
