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49th Commission for Social Development
24/02/12
UN DESA Press Release “For 50 years, we have been working together to ensure that development is primarily about people,” underscored Mr. Sha Zukang, UN DESA’s Under-Secretary-General and the Rio+20 Secretary-General, at the opening of the 50th session of the Commission for Social Development on February 1st. The session, with its priority theme “Poverty eradication”, was chaired by H.E Mr. Jorge…
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UNESCO: Placing Humanity at the Heart of Development
24/02/12
Have you ever wondered what role UNESCO plays? Here, SI UNESCO Representatives Marie Christine De La Barbelais and Dominique Mertz report back from the 36th UNESCO Conference where the role and achievements of UNESCO in 2011 were reviewed: This was the title of the opening statement to the 36th UNESCO Conference which took place at the end of 2011. Opening…
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SI Attends UNESCO NGO Meeting on Sustainable Development
24/02/12
SI UNESCO Representaive, Rina Dupriet, attended the January meeting of the NGO Joint Programmatic Commisson for Sustainable Development. Severals proposals were forwarded for consideration by Rio+20, closely matching the priorities of Soroptimist International: - Poverty eradication - Creation of safe water supplies - Empowerment of people through education and leadership for women - Improvement of cultural life to eradicate violence…
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SI Address Ministers for Environment at Nairobi Meetings
24/02/12
Last week, SI UN Representatives Alice Odingo and Rose Mwangi attended a series of meetings at the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi. Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF): 18-19th February SI attended the second day of the meeting. A great deal of discussion centred on Rio+20 and how success at the conference would be measures. It was agreed…
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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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