Advancing Gender Equality in the Digital Age

Blog written by Elizabeth Peterson, 2024–2026 North Atlantic Region Governor, Soroptimist International of Connecticut Shoreline In March 2021, I attended numerous virtual sessions during the 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65). These sessions underscored the escalating challenges posed by the digital realm, particularly concerning the safety and empowerment

Driving accountability and leadership: the global platform for gender equality in and through education

Side event at CSW68 organised by UNESCO, UNICEF, United Nations Girls' Education Initiative, Population Council, SDG4 Youth and Student Network  Written by Tania Gómez Herazo (Soroptimist International of Belgium – Club Aalst)  Gender equality in education with data insight  Meredith Kozak from Population Council presented the global accountability dashboard for gender

Her Power: education to advance gender equality

European Union side event at CSW68 Written by Tania Gómez Herazo (Soroptimist International of Belgium – Club Aalst)   Education and gender equality   Many events at CSW68 stressed that education’s role in escaping abusive situations and eradicating   Poverty is crucial.  António Guterres, the Secretary General at the UN, highlighted during his

The W7 – Time to Deliver

An update from Pat Black, who the SI Advocacy Team is delighted to have nominated to sit as W7 Gender Equality Advisor to the G7. "In my previous blog I talked about the work we had done as W7 Advisors in presenting recommendations to this year’s G7 under the Presidency
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The W7 Summit

A blog by SI Advocacy Advisor, Pat Black. At the end of May, SI participated for the first time in the W7 (Women 7) Summit  with the involvement of Pat Black, SI Advocacy Advisor, who was appointed as a W7 Gender Equality Advisor to the G7, taking up her role
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Sustainable Development and Gender Equality

SI's Global Policy Advisor, Francesca Fletcher Williams blogs about the current progress made towards Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5) on Gender Equality. "It is now the second time the UN’s High-Level Political Forum has reviewed progress towards achieving SDG5 on gender equality. Under the broad banner “achieve gender equality and

Soroptimist International HLPF Report: Empowerment & Education

We're excited to announce the release of Soroptimist International's High-Level Political Forum 2022 report, which reviews progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.  This report focuses on Sustainable Development Goal 4: Education, Goal 5: Gender Equality, and Goal 17: Partnerships for Development. This year, the High-Level Political Forum will be
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