By Barbara T. Rochman, SI UN Representative, New York The Final Draft Outcome Document of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) was transmitted to the United Nations General Assembly by its President on 13 July, 2018. It was approved by consensus of the United Nations Member
A blog by Sharon Fisher SI President-Elect "On December 14, 1990, 1 October was designated as International Day of Older Persons by Resolution 45/106 of the United Nations General Assembly. Today there are 700 million people world-wide over age 60, and it is expected to increase to 1.4 billion by
A blog by SI United Nations (UN) Representative, New York Barbara Rochman INHERENT DIGNITY: An Advocacy Guidebook to preventing trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and realizing the human rights of women and girls throughout their lives was launched at the UN Church Center in New York by Mercy
A blog by Dr. Nina Smart 22-23 August 2018, UN Headquarters, New York, the 67th UN DPI/NGO Conference was co-hosted by the UN Department of Public Information and the NGO/DPI Executive Committee. Opening Plenary "On 22 August, 2018, the occasion of the start of The 67th UN DPI/NGO Conference was
A blog by Frances Zainoeddin, SI Representative, New York, "I urge Soroptimists everywhere to also pay attention to older women. In many countries they are ostracised, neglected and abused (including financial abuse), often by family members and care-givers. Widows in some countries have no property rights and have no access
A blog by SI UN Representative, New York, Vanesa Treers "More than 100 ministers, joined by mayors, business and civil society leaders, and international organizations engaged in dialogue at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF) on July 2018 in New York. The aim was to follow-up
A blog by SI UN Representative Bette Levy. "I attended two side events regarding poverty. While the approaches were very different the bottom line of both was unless we eradicate ‘relative poverty’ we would be leaving the most marginalized behind especially women and girls. The statistics speak for themselves. 80%
"New this year at the HLPF was the open discussions regarding Menstrual Hygiene, not just the usual conversations or key issues related to water and sanitation issues (Goal 6) but the specific issue of menstruation for women and girls. The serious issues and risks to health, safety, gender equality, access
Side Events that brought new open discussions to the UN by SI UN Representative Bette Levy "If you have been following the Agenda 2030 as long as I have (since Rio + 20 in 2012), it’s easy to be frustrated or disappointed about the lack of progress and to be
The theme for International Youth Day 2018 is Safe Spaces for Youth. Just two months ago the United Nations organised a major Youth Dialogue event at UN Headquarters in New York. The President of the
