October - November's edition of 'Your Voice at the United Nations' includes articles on the Climate-Change Migration nexus and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 'A Sustainable Society for All Ages: Realising the potential of living longer' The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s Ministerial Conference on Ageing
September - October 2017 In the first in a new series - we introduce 'Your Voice at the United Nations' - a regular round-up of advocacy news from the SI UN Representatives across the UN Centres. 'Literacy, Lifelong Learning, A Sustainable Future for All' On September 11, 2017, Soroptimist International
29 July 2017, Rotterdam, Mariet Verhoef-Cohen, Netherlands was inaugurated with overwhelming support as President of Soroptimist International (SI) for the 2017 – 2019 biennium; the first Dutch President in the organisation’s almost 100-year existence. Becoming a member of Soroptimist International in 1996, Mariet held several offices at SI Club Zwolle,
By Alice Odingo, SI UN Representative to UN Environment, Women Major Group (WMG) Alternate Facilitating Committee member and NGO Major Group Organizing Partner, Global South. "There are many definitions of the term environment. One such definition is “The external physical, biological and socio-economic conditions influencing the growth and development of
Global Advocacy Soroptimist International advocates for human rights and gender equality through education and empowerment. At the heart of Soroptimist International’s advocacy is its work across seven United Nations Centres, in which twenty-one Representatives ensure that the voices of women and girls around the world are included in international decision
The UN Global Summit took a slightly different turn today and inevitably the security stepped up a notch. I don’t think I have seen quite so many black windowed vehicles in one place ever as were on the streets of New York today. The Beijing Platform for Action which
Image: Danish Soroptimist Governors and volunteers at the SI stand From 12-19th June, Soroptimists from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden were among nearly 20,000 participants at the Nordic Forum, a conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in Malmoe, Sweden. Soroptimist International President Ann Garvie and SI Europe
Image: Speakers at the Soroptimist panel event (l-r) - Anne MacDonald and Lois Kamara (Project SIerra), SIGBI President Margaret Oldroyd, SIE President Ulla Madsen, Judge Silvana Arbia, SI President Ann Garvie and SIGBI Past-President Pat Black Soroptimists from the UK and beyond have been participating this week in a
Celebrating Beijing+20 at the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, March 2014 UN Women is calling on citizens across the globe to join the conversation on women’s rights in the run up to the 20th anniversary of the historic Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.
Photo: Soroptimist week two delegates meeting From 10-21 March 2014, a delegation of over 50 Soroptimists gathered in New York for SI’s largest advocacy event of the year: the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. SI has shared many reports, articles and photos about what happened
