SI President, Mariet Verhoef-Cohen visited the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which took place 6-17 November in Bonn. Mariet spoke at three events, including reporting on the progress of The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture, (WASAG) on Water Action Day 10 November. Kathy Kaaf reports.
November, sees the first in a series of exciting new interactive webinars organised by Soroptimist International for the Soroptimist membership. As part of the SI Leadership Development programme, November will see four Webinars covering SDG 5 & 6 and the President's Appeal 'Women, Water & Leadership'.
SI Club Ba, Fiji, ran a project called 'SI Youths Reaching Out to Rural Women and Girls and Educating Them for Better Health & Better Life', working with women from four villages of Navala, Namau, Nadrugu and Tabuquto, inland from the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji.
Each year, NGO CSW/NY has between five to eight interns to help facilitate the mission of the committee to achieve gender equality, and to help with the customer service during the actual Commission. Since 2016, Soroptimist International has sponsored the internship programme. Here, we get to know a little about the interns for 2017/2018.
Soroptimist International aligns its work with the Sustainable Development Goals to improve the lives of women and girls. Read SI's contribution to online magazine Impaker's 'United Nations SDG series'.
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
