>>Soroptimist International (SI) President Elect Sharon Fisher introduced'The Road to Equality' - the exciting new SI President's Appeal for 2019-2021. To be launched on 1 October 2019, the Appeal will strategically focus on awareness, advocacy, and action towards the empowerment and education of women and girls. Seeking to maximise and develop the role of Soroptimists in achieving gender equality,whilst working to end human rights violations, it will look to secure equal access to resources including opportunities for womens participation in decision-making.The work of the Appeal will focus on topics that directly affect the equal- Photo: Siew Yong and Johanna Raffan ity of women and girls, such as Child Marriage, FGM, Domestic>>>Attendees at the Convention celebrated the official hand-Violence, Rights of Older Women, Migration, and Trafficking. over ceremony from Soroptimist International (SI) Convention Sharon spoke of her vision for an Appeal that would unify theChair 2019, Siew Yong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, into the ca-globalmembership,encouragecoordinationandlinkthepable and delighted hands of Johanna Raffan, SI Convention 2030 Agenda, the SI advocacy work taking place at high-level,Chair 2023, Dublin, Ireland. A wonderful future Convention is and the inspired project work in progress at grassroots level.promised to take place at the City's Convention Centre, in the Topics will be selected that marry with the vision, mission, andheart of Dublin's docklands.Johanna said we have very little principles of the organisation and ignite passion fromtheexcuse to miss the event, sayingDublin is highly accessible membership.- with six airlines arrivingfrom 179 destinations. We hope to see you all there!C ad mle filte - a hundred thousand welcomes from Ireland Photo: SI President Elect Sharon FisherThe Appeal will incorporate a mix of projects, with the aim of creating at least four models of best practice, together with Education, Capacity Building and Awareness Raising driven by engaging Soroptimists through regular webinars, the de-velopment of local and regional forums, access totools, facts and stories, so each of us will be prepared to talk the talk, andraise our capacity to be a global voicefor women. Sharon additionally shared a little of the plans taking place for the Soroptimist International 100th year celebration in 2021.Photo: The Dublin Convention CommitteeLots more information coming soon!24""/>
>>Soroptimist International (SI) President Elect Sharon Fisher introduced'The Road to Equality' - the exciting new SI President's Appeal for 2019-2021. To be launched on 1 October 2019, the Appeal will strategically focus on awareness, advocacy, and action towards the empowerment and education of women and girls. Seeking to maximise and develop the role of Soroptimists in achieving gender equality,whilst working to end human rights violations, it will look to secure equal access to resources including opportunities for womens participation in decision-making.The work of the Appeal will focus on topics that directly affect the equal- Photo: Siew Yong and Johanna Raffan ity of women and girls, such as Child Marriage, FGM, Domestic>>>Attendees at the Convention celebrated the official hand-Violence, Rights of Older Women, Migration, and Trafficking. over ceremony from Soroptimist International (SI) Convention Sharon spoke of her vision for an Appeal that would unify theChair 2019, Siew Yong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, into the ca-globalmembership,encouragecoordinationandlinkthepable and delighted hands of Johanna Raffan, SI Convention 2030 Agenda, the SI advocacy work taking place at high-level,Chair 2023, Dublin, Ireland. A wonderful future Convention is and the inspired project work in progress at grassroots level.promised to take place at the City's Convention Centre, in the Topics will be selected that marry with the vision, mission, andheart of Dublin's docklands.Johanna said we have very little principles of the organisation and ignite passion fromtheexcuse to miss the event, sayingDublin is highly accessible membership.- with six airlines arrivingfrom 179 destinations. We hope to see you all there!C ad mle filte - a hundred thousand welcomes from Ireland Photo: SI President Elect Sharon FisherThe Appeal will incorporate a mix of projects, with the aim of creating at least four models of best practice, together with Education, Capacity Building and Awareness Raising driven by engaging Soroptimists through regular webinars, the de-velopment of local and regional forums, access totools, facts and stories, so each of us will be prepared to talk the talk, andraise our capacity to be a global voicefor women. Sharon additionally shared a little of the plans taking place for the Soroptimist International 100th year celebration in 2021.Photo: The Dublin Convention CommitteeLots more information coming soon!24"" />
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b"Road to Equality 2019-2021 The Convention Flag heads to Launch of the SI President's Appeal Dublin, Irelandfor 2023!>>>Soroptimist International (SI) President Elect Sharon Fisher introduced'The Road to Equality' - the exciting new SI President's Appeal for 2019-2021. To be launched on 1 October 2019, the Appeal will strategically focus on awareness, advocacy, and action towards the empowerment and education of women and girls. Seeking to maximise and develop the role of Soroptimists in achieving gender equality,whilst working to end human rights violations, it will look to secure equal access to resources including opportunities for womens participation in decision-making.The work of the Appeal will focus on topics that directly affect the equal- Photo: Siew Yong and Johanna Raffan ity of women and girls, such as Child Marriage, FGM, Domestic>>>Attendees at the Convention celebrated the official hand-Violence, Rights of Older Women, Migration, and Trafficking. over ceremony from Soroptimist International (SI) Convention Sharon spoke of her vision for an Appeal that would unify theChair 2019, Siew Yong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, into the ca-globalmembership,encouragecoordinationandlinkthepable and delighted hands of Johanna Raffan, SI Convention 2030 Agenda, the SI advocacy work taking place at high-level,Chair 2023, Dublin, Ireland. A wonderful future Convention is and the inspired project work in progress at grassroots level.promised to take place at the City's Convention Centre, in the Topics will be selected that marry with the vision, mission, andheart of Dublin's docklands.Johanna said we have very little principles of the organisation and ignite passion fromtheexcuse to miss the event, sayingDublin is highly accessible membership.- with six airlines arrivingfrom 179 destinations. We hope to see you all there!C ad mle filte - a hundred thousand welcomes from Ireland Photo: SI President Elect Sharon FisherThe Appeal will incorporate a mix of projects, with the aim of creating at least four models of best practice, together with Education, Capacity Building and Awareness Raising driven by engaging Soroptimists through regular webinars, the de-velopment of local and regional forums, access totools, facts and stories, so each of us will be prepared to talk the talk, andraise our capacity to be a global voicefor women. Sharon additionally shared a little of the plans taking place for the Soroptimist International 100th year celebration in 2021.Photo: The Dublin Convention CommitteeLots more information coming soon!24"