First Light – See Solar, Cook Solar, Musasa Primary School

If you are keeping up with our posts on facebook, you will have already delighted in seeing pictures of school children taking their very first look at the new computers! SI Dunfermline submitted a project which was subsequently publish by International President Ann Garvie, to provide solar panels and solar

Around the World – SI Projects April 2015

SI Lautoka, Fiji, Crucial Education Need for Special School In a Friendship link with SI Torrens South Australia and SI Adelaide Inc, South Australia together with Project Partnerships with Western Aluminium Ltd, City Star Newspaper, Tropic Signs Service and Rotomould Ltd, this project also received sponsorship from Western Aluminium Ltd.

CSW – Up Close with Soroptimist International

  We talk to International President Ann Garvie, President Elect Yvonne Simpson, SI UN Rep Bette Levy, IPP of the Belgian Union Gerda Rosiers, SIGBI APD ECOSOC (UN) Pat Black, SISWP FPD Di Lockwood and President of SI Dublin Catherine Giblin.   What was the stand out experience for you

IPD Hilary Ratcliffe Reflects on CSW59

International Programme Director, Hilary Ratcliffe reflects on CSW59 "CSW59 was a huge success for Soroptimist International. The dedicated and proactive delegation of around 100 Soroptimists from across the globe were able to advocate for women and girls and their hard work paid off. The international nature of the delegation meant

Cool Feminism – Exploring Ideas from the North

 Hafdis Karlsdottir, Soroptimist International of Iceland reports from CSW59 "After attending the Ministerial Round Tables in the morning and listening to the Ministers and representatives from 15 countries 'Making the economy work for women and girl', where they more or less explained what needed to be done, attending 'Cool Feminism

The World Must Change – Not the Women

  The head of U N women Phumzile Mlambo-Nguika then spoke talking about the Beijing platform for action and the 12 key areas.what has and hasn't been achieved and the challenges that lie ahead.  She said that the next five years are critical and that we must break the back

SI talks to Marty Parker, FBI at CSW59

Bringing an End to Sex Trafficking: We Can Do It! Featuring expert FBI Agent Marty Parker, 'Bringing an End to Sex Trafficking: We Can Do It' proved a highly sucessful key SI Parallel event for Soroptimist International at the NGO Forum, CSW59, New York.  The SI HQ team had the

Bringing an End To Traifficking – Interview With Marty Parker

  This year Soroptimist International will hold a key event at the CSW59 NGO Forum, on child and sex trafficking called ‘Bringing an End to Sex Trafficking: We Can Do It!’. FBI Special Agent Marty Parker specialises in this area, working in California, USA and will be Speaker at the

Smart Steps, Big Impact

Official notification has come through to us of a Seed Grant, won by SI Club of Petaling Jaya, who beat off challenges from more than 300 other NGOs in Malaysia.   A wonderful achievement - SI Club of Petaling Jaya is the first Soroptimist Club in Malaysia to win a

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