In her second blog on eco-feminist movements in India, Nisha Ghosh of Soroptimist International Pune Metro East (India) writes about the Chipko movement to protest against deforestation, in which a leading role was played by women. Picture this: women standing around trees, hugging them. Their mantra a roughly translated verse that epitomizes

Hilary Ratcliffe, SI Programme Director, reports on day 3 at the Commission on the Status of Women:  the first SI event, women of distinction awards and the need to prevent Governments backing down from firm conclusions on eliminating violence against women. Read all the latest CSW updates at www.soroptimistinternational.org/CSW57 Yesterday we held our first side event - Stop the

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

SI was privileged to take part in the Commonwealth’s ‘Women as Agents of Change’ competition, launched to celebrate the theme of Commonwealth Day 2011. Although we were restricted to only 3 nominations we received many fantastic submissions. This week, we will be running a special blog series to celebrate all the