As the Rio+20 Earth Summit is held this month we can read and hear lots about ‘sustainable development’ from different perspectives.  But how many of us can actually relate to this terminology and know about the importance of discussions held in Rio to human existence on our planet?  SIE Programme

Suba, SIE Programme Executive is blogging and tweeting live from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development - known as Rio+20. We have a Soroptimist delegation observing the high level discussions, participating in the side events and networking with other NGOs. Progress over the past few months has been slow when

This week's SoroptiVoice blog is from Robyn Cain, SISWP Federation Programme Director. She reflects on the SISWP Federation Conference of Clubs in New Zealand which took place at the beginning of May. Many thanks to Robyn for reporting back - and welcome to Siew Yong, the new President of SI

The author of this week’s blog is Jackie Paling, SIGBI Assistant Programme Director for Violence and Conflict Resolution. Jackie has travelled extensively around the world and says that her experiences have provided her with a truly excellent education. A regular visitor to Afghanistan, Jackie takes out humanitarian aid and supports

This week's SoroptiVoice Blog comes from Action on Armed Violence (previously Landmine Action) which started its field programming in Liberia in 2005, two years following the end of the civil war.  Initially, the purpose of this programme was to conduct weapons and ammunition collection and destruction, but it quickly developed

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Theresa Lyford, SI South West Pacific's Assistant Federation Programme Director in charge of coordinating SISWP zones A and B. She got to celebrate International Women's Day 2012 in China - and what an amazing experience it was! Many thanks to Theresa for sharing this

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Sue Biggs, SIGBI Federation Programme Director. Here she shares SIGBI's 3E project, and a chance encounter with a young lady from The Gambia at CSW 56.  The schedule is printed well in advance, you see your name in black and white, then you don’t

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Grace Meyer, a Soroptimist from SI Maluti in South Africa. She has been a Soroptimist since the launch of the Maluti club on 9 September 2008 but her connection with Soroptimism goes back over 20 years! For many years she has been involved in

In the Italian capital Cinzia Palmi, SI representative at the UN organisation FAO in Rome gave an interview to Christina Höfferer, this week´s SoroptiVoice blogger. Christina is a Soroptimist from the Viennese Club Vivata. In her job as a radio and culture journalist she combines her twin passions: travel and

Throughout December, we are delighted to welcome SI leadership to the SoroptiVoice blog spot! This week, SISWP President Yvonne talks about how education IS empowerment - and how Soroptimists are working to ensure this at all stages of life. In previous weeks we have heard from SIGBI  Maureen, SIA President