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International Women's Day 2012: Join Me on the Bridge!
22/02/12
Women, men and children came out in force to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day on 8 March 2011 with Women for Women International's Join me on the Bridge campaign. There were 464 events in 70 countries on 6 continents worldwide - and Soroptimists were there too! SI Cambridge, UK (above) and SI Karachi Central, Pakistan (below) From Kenya…
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UN Member States Agree: Good Health Requires Mental Well Being
10/02/12
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 presented during the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on…
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10/02/12
December saw some changes to Soroptimist International’s representation at the UN Centres. We were sad to say goodbye to long standing representatives Yseult Kaplan and Christine Dagain who represented SI at UNESCO in Paris, and Linda Stillman and Andrea Mills who represented SI in New York. Yseult represented SI at UNESCO for 16 years and Christine for 8 years. They…
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First Round of Negotiations For Rio+20 Conclude
30/01/12
UNCSD report back from the first round of negotiations on the zero draft document, New York, January 27th-30th 2012: Three days of initial negotiations over the proposed outcome document for Rio+20 concluded today with comments and suggestions from Member States, United Nations agencies and a variety of civil society actors. Speaking on the final day of the consultations, Rio+20…
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UN Women Celebrates Its First Year
30/01/12
In the words of the Undersecretary General, Michelle Bachelet, “it has been an incredible year…a year of excitement, high hopes and ambition.” * UN Women is now present in 75 countries, supporting national leadership and political participation to strengthen organizations and institutions to build a strong foundation for equality. In December, the General Assembly adopted a resolution to take concrete…
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