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Soroptimist International Attends AWID Forum in Istanbul
26/04/12
Programme Director Reilly Dempsey and President Elect Ann Garvie attended the 12th AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights & Development, held in Istanbul. AWID is the Association For Women’s Rights in Development, and Soroptimist International joined the association in 2011. AWID is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organisation committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human…
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“Help Us and Ask Us Questions”
26/04/12
As Soroptimist International prepares to take part in a side event on migrant women and their children in prisons at the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, we issue our message to global leaders on this critical topic. "Help us and ask us questions" This was the plea from a young Lithuanian girl, detained in a US prison facility,…
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Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: International Cooperation is Essential
26/04/12
This week, SI's UN Representatives in Vienna are attending the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. They report back on the opening session: The 21st Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, chaired by Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand opened today in front of about 800 delegates, 111 States and 38 NGOs. The opening address…
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Soroptimist International Comes to Tanzania!
25/04/12
This was the banner created by SI Arusha, and proudly displayed high above the city streets on their Charter date of 20th March 2012. Four years ago the seed of soroptimism was planted by Mrs Margaret Ndzelen, a SI member from Bamenda, Cameroon. While visiting with her daughter who had just given birth, Margaret wanted to attend a local…
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If Rio+20 Is To Deliver, Accountability Must Be At Its Heart
25/04/12
Press Release: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights In an open letter to world Governments, a group of 22 UN independent human rights experts called on States to incorporate universally agreed international human rights norms and standards with strong accountability mechanisms into the UN Rio+20 sustainable development conference’s goals, as the Rio+20 first round of informal-informal negotiations began…
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