Kay Richmond and Dr Joan Williams joined SI UN Representatives in attending the Fifth Informal Thematic Session for Global Compact on Migration in Vienna 4-5 September.
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SI is looking to appoint UN Representatives in the Vienna area to attend official UN meetings, and report back to Soroptimist International headquarters.
On Sunday 27 August, SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen presented during the seminar Understanding the gender dimension of water and waste, at World Water Week, Stockholm, in which she connected SDGs 5 and 6.3
On the occasion of International Literacy Day, 11 September 2017, the French Union of Soroptimist International has organized a Conferences and Debates Day 11 September 2017, from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm at UNESCO, Paris, Room IV, 7 Place de Fontenoy 75007 Paris
At the recent SI Final Board Meeting of the 2015- 2017 biennium, the directors unanimously agreed to restructure the SI board.
The United Nations observes International Day of Peace every year on 21 September, Sarah Cowley from SI Moreton North Inc, Australia, and her group’s Peace Crane Project have been invited to speak at the United Nations event in New York.
During a celebrating meeting on 29 July 2017 at Rotterdam, Mariet Verhoef-Cohen was inaugurated with overwhelming support as President of Soroptimist International (SI) for the 2017 – 2019 biennium; the first Dutch President in the organisation’s almost 100 years of existence.
Gina Vucci of SI Marin County, California writes a blog on human trafficking.
To raise awareness of this horrific issue, possibly the greatest social injustice of our time, the United Nations has dedicated July 30 as World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
As the High Level Political Forum 2017 convenes at the UN, New York, Soroptimist International releases the HLPF report 'Global Perspectives on Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing World: Making the SDGs work for women and girls'.
Soroptimist Anne Farrington’s lifelong commitment and service to women is acknowledged in her appointment as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the NZ Queen’s Birthday Honours.
As SI UN Reps in Nairobi, Alice Odingo and Rose Mwangi focus on issues such as rural women, disaster risk reduction, and the effects of climate change on women and girls.
"I just got back from Öland and the Soroptimist Nordic Leadership Academy (SNLA), 26 -30 of June 2017 where twenty-three young women from all the five Nordic countries gathered together at Ölands Folkhögskola.
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