The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at the United Nations ...
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This edition of ‘Your Voice at the United Nations’ includes articles on the Global Compact on Migration and UN ...
Soroptimist International President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen is delighted to announce Sharon Fisher, as the new SI President Elect.
In 2000, the General Assembly, named 18 December, International Migrants Day. The theme for 2017 is Safe Migration ...
CIFORD Kenya, run by Margaret Ikiara, an SI Meru member, ran the Alternative Rite of Passage (ARP) seminars, aimed at teenagers under pressure from peers and the community to undergo FGM.
The UN Environment Assembly, the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment, gathers in Nairobi, Kenya, from 4-6 December 2017 under the overarching theme of pollution, and more specifically Water Pollution, Land Pollution, Marine Pollution, Air Pollution, and Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste
Hosted by Soroptimist International of Weston-super-Mare, ‘RAILING AGAINST ABUSE’ saw Dame Joan Collins join Soroptimists and others on a march on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
In recognition of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, SI takes a look at projects from Soroptimist International of Europe that focus on violence against women and girls.
The Soroptimist Live Your Dream Awards assist women who provide the primary source of financial support for their families, by giving them the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects. Each year, more than : $2.1 million in education grants are awarded to more than 1,500 women. This year, SIA is honoured to award $10,000 to three passionate, hard-working, strong women, one of whom is Sara, now pursuing her dreams of becoming an educator. Here is her story.
The UN International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is annually held on 2 December to raise awareness of the atrocities of modern slavery. The focus of this day is on eradicating all forms of slavery, such as child labour, forced marriage, forced labour, bonded labour, and the forced recruitment of children for use in armed conflict.
In recognition of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, SI takes a look at a handful of projects from Soroptimist International of South West Pacific that focus on violence against women and girls.
The third edition of ‘Your Voice at the United Nations’ includes articles on Corporate Social Responsibility and Trafficking in Crisis Situations.
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