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International President Ann participates in Zonta International Side Event

Today's Soroptivoice blog comes from International President of SI Ann Garvie who yesterday spoke at an panel event at CSW58 entitled 'Preventing gender-based violence and discrimination for equality and empowerment of women and girls of all ages'. The panel consisted of five leading women's NGOs and discussed empowering women and

Opening doors to science, tech, engineering and math careers for women and girls – #CSW58 side event

SI Programme Director Hilary Ratcliffe reports from "Pink is the New Blue: Opening Doors for Women and Girls", a side event at CSW58 exploring the barriers faced by women and girls in entering into traditionally male dominated fields particularly in STEM careers (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The event

Project of Excellence: Forced Marriage Consultation (UK)

A forced marriage is where one or both people do not consent to the marriage and pressure or abuse is used. The UK Government estimate that up to 8000 cases of forced marriage happen each year in the UK alone; most include a female victim. In 2011, they began a

Project of Excellence: Empowering disadvantaged women through education and leadership opportunities (Australia)

Photo: At the Leadership Development Course Graduation Ceremony Women who have left abusive or violent relationships may take years to rebuild their lives; after the initial counselling and support has finished, many women continue to feel isolated and have a low sense of self-esteem, which can lead to a

One Billion Rising – Dance, Learn, Connect for Change! (India)

On 14 February 2013, people in 207 countries rose and danced to demand an end to violence against women and girls as part of the One Billion Rising movement. Many Soroptimist International clubs - including those in Belgium, Canada, India, Turkey, UK and USA - took part in this

Projects of Excellence: Girls Moving Forward (India)

In the second in our series of blog posts focussing on Projects of Excellence identified in the SI Global Impact Report 2012-13, Nisha Ghosh, Founder President and current Programme Action Chair of SI Pune Metro East (India) writes about "Girls Moving Forward", which used the skills of Soroptimists to provide

UN Rep Alice Odingo elected to AWID International Board

Soroptimist International is delighted that Dr Alice Odingo, our Lead UN Representative in Nairobi (Kenya) has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Association of Women in Development (AWID), an international membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. “This achievement is a

Projects of Excellence: Knickers for Knowledge (UK, Zimbabwe)

Our Global Impact Report 2012-13 identified 39 Soroptimist "Projects of Excellence" around the world, as a source of education and inspiration. In the coming weeks, we will be featuring many of these projects on the SoroptiVoice blog. This week, Irene Hockin, a Past-President of SI Barnstaple and District (UK), writes

Education as Empowerment: A Personal and Soroptimist journey

Yvonne Simpson, a member of SI Westland (New Zealand) and Past-President of SI South West Pacific, took up the role of Soroptimist International President-Elect on 1 January 2014. Yvonne's professional background is in high-school and community education and in this week's SoroptiVoice blog, she shares her passion for education

Indian Soroptimists Discuss Femicide at UN Vienna

Soroptimists Nisha Ghosh and Naina Shah from India have visited the UN in Vienna to share information about femicide and agencies working to support women and girls in their country. The visit was arranged by SI’s lead UN Representative in Vienna, Dora Vrdlovec, and included a meeting with Civil

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