SI President Yvonne Simpson and SIE Immediate Past President Ulla Madsen report. 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
As part of the CSW61 NGO Consultation Day organised by the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY (NGO CSW/NY) on 12 March 2017, attendees broke out for discussions into five groups: Ending All Forms of Forced Labour (Modern-day Slavery, Early Marriage, Trafficking), Envisioning a Feminist Internet, Creating Equalities of
Sunday 12 March saw the Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College, New York, throw open its doors for the CSW61 NGO Consultation Day. Organised by the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY (NGO CSW/NY), and co-chaired by Soroptimist United Nations Representative New York, Bette Levy, the Committee supports the work of
CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 66th Session, will be taking place from 13 February to 3 March 2017 at the United Nations offices in Geneva. SI UN Representatives Wilfrida Hendrickx and Sabine Kinzer will be in attendance and follow the sessions on
Guest Blog by Emma Whitelock, CEO of Linking Education and Disability Scotland "Thanks to a nomination from Soroptimist International, I had the enormous privilege of giving a presentation and being part of a panel session on the subject of, 'Does e-learning address challenges of education systems worldwide?' at the 2016 International UNESCO
by SI UN Rep Vienna Dora Vrdlovec "The Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe IDM, organized the International Round Table Preventing Human Trafficking and Combating Child Trafficking & Exploitation in Europe, supported by the Austrian Federal Ministers for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, for Education and Women,
Advancing women’s economic empowerment in the world of work is essential for achieving gender equality, realising human rights and for sustainable development. When governments, businesses and communities invest in empowering women in any workplace, and in eliminating inequalities, countries, communities and families see improvement in health, participation in education and
THE INTERNATIONAL ROUND TABLE WAS HELD ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2016 AT THE HAUS DER EUROPÄISCHEN UNION, WIPPLINGERSTRASSE 35, VIENNA, AND ORGANIZED BY THE REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION INITIATIVE ON PREVENTING & COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. In Cooperation with the City of Vienna – EU Strategy for the Danube Region EUSDR and CEIPA –
“ACROSS THE WORLD, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS—AND THE MOST TOLERATED—HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, BOTH A CAUSE AND A CONSEQUENCE OF GENDER INEQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION. Its continued presence is one of the clearest markers of societies out of balance and we are determined to change
Vienna is home to The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), and the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC). SI UN Representatives Christine Peer (Centre Contact), Martina Gredler, Marion Prechtl, and Marcella
