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Missing the goals of green economy – women and children suffer the most

This week's SoroptiVoice Blog comes from SI UN Representative Sina Stiffler. She is based in Geneva. Here she writes about the importance of the green economy and the need to 'do things differently'. Sorry for the late posting this week -normal blog posting to resume this Friday! At the UNCTAD

SI Delivers Oral Statement at ECOSOC High Level Segment

SI UN Representative to Geneva reports back from the recent ECOSOC High Level Segment which closed On July 7th. There are only 4 ½ years to 2015 when the internationally agreed MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) should be reached. Because of this, the recent meeting of ECOSOC dealt with many aspects

New SI Programme Goals and Objectives Agreed!

Soroptimist International is delighted to announce that the new programme goals and objectives for the 2011-2015 quadrennium have been publish! At the Saturday session of the SI Board Meeting, 9th July, we welcomed Programme Voting Delegates (PVDs) from all over the world to discuss and develop the new programme goals

SI Reports from UNESCO Executive Board – International Migration

The Executive Board’s Committee on International Non-Governmental Organizations held four meetings on 5 and 6 May 2011 to examine the “Relations with International Non-Governmental Organizations, Foundations and Similar Institutions”. The meetings were attended by 23 States Members of the Committee and 70 international non-governmental organizations. In his statement, Mr Eric

Breakthrough at the UN: Better conditions for domestic workers

At the 100th Session of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva, the Convention on Domestic workers and the accompanying recommendation were adopted (June 2011) . Only last year the missing rights of a great majority of domestic workers had been widely discussed and it was decided to proceed with the

UN Year of Youth

"Youth should be given a chance to take an active part in the decision-making of local, national and global levels." United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world’s youth in overcoming the challenges facing humankind, the United Nations proclaimed an

Women as Agents of Change: Dr Oluwakemi Linda Banks

You may remember back in March we ran a special series of blog postings on our Soroptimist Commonwealth "Women as Agents of Change". It was recently bought to our attention that one of the nominations did not reach us here at SIHQ and so we would like to take the

Project SIerra Quarterly Report: January – March 2011

Project SIerra have published their quarterly report from January 2011 – March 2011. The report explores each of the programmes which comprise Project SIerra, detailing the latest developments and the impact your fundraising is having. Young Mother Support (in Bo) The project works with 104 young mothers and 58 babies,

SI Plenary Speaker – Lee Graff, a leading corrective makeup specialist

SI are posting a special series of blog posts introducing some of brilliant key note and plenary speakers who will be appearing at Convention. In the past few days, the final two speakers have been announced. Today we feature the final speaker in our mini series, Lee Graff. As a

Including the voices of men and boys in the gender debate

This week, our SoroptiVoice comes from Linda Stillman, one of the five SI UN Representatives based in New York. Here she shares a little of her experience at the UN and the importance of integrating men and boys into the debate on gender equality and women's rights. Before becoming an

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