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.
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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.
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.
Funds from the SI President’s Appeal 2015-2017 will facilitate six months of tuition, textbooks and school uniform for Rupa to ensure that she can complete her education, graduate from high school and realise her dream to study law. The project will be on-going until Rupa is finished her education and becomes independent.
The Soroptimist International President’s Appeal 2015-2017 is supporting CITC, and the ‘Inspire Programme’, which seeks to improve the educational experience for girls, increase attendance and improve the health of girls allowing them to complete their education.
At the 26th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 2017, UN Vienna May 25, 2017, SIE Immediate Past President, Ulla Madsen was panellist at the side event, ‘The Lost Children - Safeguarding unaccompanied migrant minors from going missing’.
Educate to Lead: Nepal is funding a team of seven trainers who travel throughout the country to support and educate vulnerable girls and women through Expressive Arts exercises.
In the second part of our series 'A Closer Look at Leadership', we hear from SI Director of Advocacy 2015-2017, Pat Black, SI Assistant Director of Advocacy Sharon Fisher, and from Bette Levy, Marie-D'Amato-Rizzi and Frances Zainoeddin, SI UN Representatives in New York
The AHF Women and Girl’s Education Project (WGEP) in the remote disadvantaged region of the Lower SoluKhumbu region of Nepal is supported by the Soroptimist International President’s Appeal and during the first year, the project has reached and exceeded its original aims.
Immediate Past President of Soroptimist International of Europe and Chair of the SI Leadership Development Committee (LDC), Ulla Madsen, introduces the first in a series of video interviews with SI Directors, Officers and UN Representatives, past and present, with the aim of increasing awareness of the work of SI and the SI leadership opportunities available.
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