Urgent message to all Soroptimists from Anusha Santhirasthipam, International Assistant Programme Director, Soroptimist International Here is some vital information which you must share with all other Soroptimists who are delegates at CSW57 as well as with Soroptimists in your home country, Federation, Region/Union and as many CSOs (Civil Society Organisations),

Dawn-Marie Lemonds, past Soroptimist International Programme Director and President of SI Newport Harbor Area (USA), reports on the CSW orientation session.  For more updates and photos from CSW57, visit www.soroptimistinternational.org/CSW57. First-timers and long-timers like me crammed into the excellent orientation session presented by the CSW committee that is always provided to

The Commission on the Status of Women opens next week in New York, with violence against women as its primary theme. But will this year's CSW result in firm outcomes or be just another talking shop? Anusha Santhirasthipam, Soroptimist International Assistant Programme Director, sets out ten powerful reason why Governments must achieve

The 54th session of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is currently taking place in Geneva, with several of SI's Representatives to the UN taking part in meetings and events.  In this week's SoroptiVoice blog, Herta Kaschitz, who for 27 years worked as a lawyer for the UN

This week's blog by Anna McCormick, Programme Manager at Soroptimist International, examines the conflict that can arise between traditional cultural practices and law, particularly with regard to women and gender-violence. The recent Trust Women Conference in London was organised to recognize the challenges faced by women today and advance innovative solutions to