Soroptimist International is delighted to launch the 2010 – 2011 Best Practice Awards book. The winners for each of the programme focus objectives have contributed an article describing their project – in many cases, this article is presented in English and in their home language.
To download the 2010 – 2011 Best Practice Awards Book, click here*. To celebrate the launch of the Best Practice Awards Book, SI will be
publishing a special series of SoroptiVoice Blog articles this week,
authored by each of the winning clubs. Click here to read more! Links will be added to this story as the blogs go live. The winners this year were picked in response to the following programme focus objectives:
Programme Focus Objective: Promote peaceful conflict resolution, inter-cultural and inter-racial tolerance and condemn genocide.
- SIE Dutch Union (below left) – A Soroptimist Film Festival For Children
- SIGBI SI Colombo Sri Lanka (below right) – Helping the Internally Displaced Due to War
- SIA SI Fakuoka-Kita Japan – Support for Independence of Foreign Domestic Violence Victims
- SISWP SI The Hills Australia – Maintaining Healthy Relationships
Programme Focus Objective: Ensure equal access to education and training for women and girls throughout their lifespan
- SIE SI Israel – A New Horizon for Migrant Workers: Women in Refugee Status, their Children and Youth in the State of Israel
- SIGBI SI Weston-super-Mare UK – Skirting Science
- SIA SI Salt Lake City USA (below right) – Horizonte Young Parents Programme
- SISWP SI Townsville Australia (below left) – Mentoring Migrant Women
Programme Focus Objective: Assure women’s advancement in management, politics and decision making
- SIE SI Alto Novarese Italy – Voglio Farcela da Sola: I want to Succeed
- SIGBI SI Nottingham UK (below right) – Women into Work – Getting that Job
- SIGBI SI Bulawayo Zimbabwe – Talking Photos
- SIA SI Desert Tucson USA (below left)- The Dietz Project
- SISWP SI Naracoorte Australia – Support to Outdoor Restoration for Naracoorte Girl Guides Hall
Many congratulations to all the clubs who have won a Best Practice Award, particularly SI Weston-super-Mare who were judged the overall winner for 2010-2011.
* The best way to view the document is in two page view. Go to ‘view’, ‘page display’ and select ‘2 page view’ and ‘show cover in two page view’.
