>>Soroptimist International (SI) Director of Advocacy 2017-2019, Beverly Bucur, began her presentation reflecting on the work and accomplishments of Pat Black, SI Director of Advocacy for the 2015-2017 biennium. Beverly then moved to discuss more recent successes during her own term, sharing good reasons to celebrate the organisation's continued growth anddelivery of the SI advocacy aims and objectives.Beverly presented much of the work taking place in the international arena including the expansion of the dedicated SI United Nations (UN) Representative team to 20, and an increased presence in seven UN Centres - which now includes Bangkok. Photo: SI Director of AdvocacyBeverly Bucur>>>SI Immediate Past President, Yvonne Simpson looked back at her bienni-um, 2015-2017, plotting the substantial developments taking place, which built on the history and activities of the organisation, whilst laying new foundations for the continued growth and presence of Soroptimist International at International level, including our presence at key events such as the Commission on the Status of Women. Yvonne explored the aims and the sucessful conclusions of her Presi-dent's Appeal 'Educate to Lead: Nepal' - more than 20 projects benefiting women and girls, and implementing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, Quality Ed-ucation, and SDG 5 Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, and the targets within, including 4.5 - Equal Access to all levels of education and training for the vulnerable. Photo: Immediate Past PresidentYvonne Simpson>>>SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen spoke of the organisation's consistent action to increase our 'Global Visibility' during the biennium of 2017-2019. Par-ticularly at high level at UN Centres and key international events such as UNESCO, the Commission on the Status of Women, the High Level Political Forum, and the World Water Forum, to name just a few. Exploring the develop-ing and progressive moves made by the organisation to increase awareness of our vision and activities, Mariethighlighted the development and exploration of new platforms and mediums for SI communications, expanding our profile. Mariet described how programmes within the 'Women, Water & Leadership' Ap-peal, taking place in Kenya, Bulgaria, Malaysia, and Indonesia, directly impact targets within the Sustainable Development Goals.Photo:SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohenwww.soroptimistinternational.org""/>
>>Soroptimist International (SI) Director of Advocacy 2017-2019, Beverly Bucur, began her presentation reflecting on the work and accomplishments of Pat Black, SI Director of Advocacy for the 2015-2017 biennium. Beverly then moved to discuss more recent successes during her own term, sharing good reasons to celebrate the organisation's continued growth anddelivery of the SI advocacy aims and objectives.Beverly presented much of the work taking place in the international arena including the expansion of the dedicated SI United Nations (UN) Representative team to 20, and an increased presence in seven UN Centres - which now includes Bangkok. Photo: SI Director of AdvocacyBeverly Bucur>>>SI Immediate Past President, Yvonne Simpson looked back at her bienni-um, 2015-2017, plotting the substantial developments taking place, which built on the history and activities of the organisation, whilst laying new foundations for the continued growth and presence of Soroptimist International at International level, including our presence at key events such as the Commission on the Status of Women. Yvonne explored the aims and the sucessful conclusions of her Presi-dent's Appeal 'Educate to Lead: Nepal' - more than 20 projects benefiting women and girls, and implementing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, Quality Ed-ucation, and SDG 5 Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, and the targets within, including 4.5 - Equal Access to all levels of education and training for the vulnerable. Photo: Immediate Past PresidentYvonne Simpson>>>SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen spoke of the organisation's consistent action to increase our 'Global Visibility' during the biennium of 2017-2019. Par-ticularly at high level at UN Centres and key international events such as UNESCO, the Commission on the Status of Women, the High Level Political Forum, and the World Water Forum, to name just a few. Exploring the develop-ing and progressive moves made by the organisation to increase awareness of our vision and activities, Mariethighlighted the development and exploration of new platforms and mediums for SI communications, expanding our profile. Mariet described how programmes within the 'Women, Water & Leadership' Ap-peal, taking place in Kenya, Bulgaria, Malaysia, and Indonesia, directly impact targets within the Sustainable Development Goals.Photo:SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohenwww.soroptimistinternational.org"" />
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b"is How Global is SI's Voice? >>>Soroptimist International (SI) Director of Advocacy 2017-2019, Beverly Bucur, began her presentation reflecting on the work and accomplishments of Pat Black, SI Director of Advocacy for the 2015-2017 biennium. Beverly then moved to discuss more recent successes during her own term, sharing good reasons to celebrate the organisation's continued growth anddelivery of the SI advocacy aims and objectives.Beverly presented much of the work taking place in the international arena including the expansion of the dedicated SI United Nations (UN) Representative team to 20, and an increased presence in seven UN Centres - which now includes Bangkok. Photo: SI Director of AdvocacyBeverly Bucur>>>SI Immediate Past President, Yvonne Simpson looked back at her bienni-um, 2015-2017, plotting the substantial developments taking place, which built on the history and activities of the organisation, whilst laying new foundations for the continued growth and presence of Soroptimist International at International level, including our presence at key events such as the Commission on the Status of Women. Yvonne explored the aims and the sucessful conclusions of her Presi-dent's Appeal 'Educate to Lead: Nepal' - more than 20 projects benefiting women and girls, and implementing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, Quality Ed-ucation, and SDG 5 Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, and the targets within, including 4.5 - Equal Access to all levels of education and training for the vulnerable. Photo: Immediate Past PresidentYvonne Simpson>>>SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen spoke of the organisation's consistent action to increase our 'Global Visibility' during the biennium of 2017-2019. Par-ticularly at high level at UN Centres and key international events such as UNESCO, the Commission on the Status of Women, the High Level Political Forum, and the World Water Forum, to name just a few. Exploring the develop-ing and progressive moves made by the organisation to increase awareness of our vision and activities, Mariethighlighted the development and exploration of new platforms and mediums for SI communications, expanding our profile. Mariet described how programmes within the 'Women, Water & Leadership' Ap-peal, taking place in Kenya, Bulgaria, Malaysia, and Indonesia, directly impact targets within the Sustainable Development Goals.Photo:SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohenwww.soroptimistinternational.org"