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Empowerment and education for women in Pakistan and the UK

This week's SoroptiVoiceBlog comes from Talat Pasha, Past-President of Soroptimist International Karachi Central (Pakistan). She talks about the need to build women's confidence and encourage them to open their lives to new friends and learning opportunities, wherever they are in the world. Empowerment can be financial or emotional. Sometimes women

UN Women Recognise Outstanding Work of SI

On the 24th October, 2012, UN Women are holding an honorary event entitled 'Empowering Women for 25 years'. It will be the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Metro Chapter of the US National Committee for UN Women. The event will honour women and organisations who have, and are, making a

Population and Development: Empowering Women Through Choice

SI UN Representative Lois Beilin reports back from the Commission on Population and Development, taking place in New York this week. The Commission on Population and Development meeting at the United Nations in New York, April 23 – 27 has refocused attention on the International Conference for Population and Development

CSW Blog Special! "Soroptimists – We Need to Talk"

Wow - it is now one year since we launched the SoroptiVoice Blog at CSW 55! And now we are back again, reporting live from CSW 56! Thank you to our team of Soroptimist delegates who will be keeping us up to date with all the latest news from New

UN Member States Agree: Good Health Requires Mental Well Being

In September, Soroptimist International joined with over 90 NGOs to sign a statement calling upon the Member States of the UN to include mental health as a non-communicable disease (NCDs), in recognition of the fact that good health requires mental well being in addition to physical well being. This was

Rio+20 Zero Draft Document: The Future We Want

Last week, the zero draft document for Rio+20 was released. This is the first version of the document which will be discussed and amended over the coming months, and after revision and addition, hopefully accepted by Member States attending the Rio+20 conference in Brazil, June 2012. As SI UN Representative

Education IS Empowerment

Throughout December, we are delighted to welcome SI leadership to the SoroptiVoice blog spot! This week, SISWP President Yvonne talks about how education IS empowerment - and how Soroptimists are working to ensure this at all stages of life. In previous weeks we have heard from SIGBI Maureen, SIA President

SI Best Practice Awards 2011: SI Weston super Mare – Skirting Science

To celebrate the Best Practice winners 2010 - 2011, we will be running a special series of Best Practice blogs over the coming days. These articles are written by the clubs themselves, and in many cases will appear in English and the language of the club. We hope you enjoy

Youth, Dialogue and Understanding

At the end of July, our UN Rep in New York attended a High Level Meeting on Youth as part of the UN Year of Youth. Carol Themm reports back. The General Assembly held a high Level meeting on youth with 60 international speakers from government and civil society to

SIE Recognises Outstanding Projects

This week's SoroptiVoice comes from Suba Parthiban, SIE's Programme Executive. Here she gives an overview of some of the fantastic projects SIE clubs have been responsible for. These projects were recently recognised at the SIE Board and Governors meeting in Palermo, Italy which met at the end of May. Well

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