{"id":4589,"date":"2020-11-29T13:54:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T12:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/?p=4589"},"modified":"2021-09-02T15:36:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T14:36:33","slug":"bridgend-soroptimists-believe-to-achieve-gender-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/2020\/11\/29\/bridgend-soroptimists-believe-to-achieve-gender-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridgend Soroptimists Believe to Achieve Gender Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For 16 Days of Activism starting 25<sup>th<\/sup> November to 10<sup>th<\/sup> December, Soroptimists everywhere will #OrangetheWorld. Each of the 16 Days that we celebrate marks a step towards women\u2019s rights and a safe space for them. Soroptimist International believes that women\u2019s rights are human rights and through our work in the communities we work with that objective.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning with the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25<sup>th<\/sup> November, Soroptimists follow UN Days to transform lives of women and girls. We rally against Child Marriages, Human Trafficking, Modern Day Slavery, Rape, Sexual Exploitation, Female Genital Mutilation, Human Rights Defenders and Sexual Harassment at Workplace. On 10<sup>th<\/sup> Dec the last day, we honour the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.\u00a0\u00a0 Each day is a call for action and provides a focus for our projects<\/p>\n<p>Commemorating these days are opportunities to create public awareness about what needs to change, to prevent it from happening in the first place at local, national, regional and international levels.<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2021\/02\/Orange-the-World-2020.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4590\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2021\/02\/Orange-the-World-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2021\/02\/Orange-the-World-2020.png 1000w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2021\/02\/Orange-the-World-2020-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a>At our virtual Club meeting on 25 November, members demonstrated their support for the 16 Days of Activism by wearing orange. The evening was full of interesting and lively discussion, focusing on the services being offered to local victims of domestic violence. It was agreed to contact local councillors to ensure that our voices are heard.<\/p>\n<p>On the fourth day of activism, to encourage local support, St David\u2019s Church in Laleston glowed orange. Bridgend Soroptimists joined together with the Diocese of Llandaff and Calan DVS to make this happen.<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2021\/02\/201125-Llaeston-Church-in-orange.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4591 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2021\/02\/201125-Llaeston-Church-in-orange-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2021\/02\/201125-Llaeston-Church-in-orange-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/files\/2021\/02\/201125-Llaeston-Church-in-orange.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, violence against women has intensified. A Shadow Pandemic of domestic violence is growing and we need to stem the tide. Everyone has a role to play in this \u2013 will you make your voice heard?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Would you like to get involved with the Soroptimists?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to get involved with us and find out more about being a Soroptimist or if you have an idea for how Bridgend Soroptimists can help you or your organisation, please do get in touch with us using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bridgend-and-district\/contact-us\/\"><em>contact form on the website<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0Alternatively, you can email us direct at Bridgend Soroptimist Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t forget to follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BridgendSoroptimists\/\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a>\u00a0too to keep up with all our latest news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 16 Days of Activism starting 25th November to 10th December, Soroptimists everywhere will #OrangetheWorld&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":4592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,198],"tags":[182,169,167,119],"class_list":["post-4589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-club-news-2020-2021","tag-16-days-of-activism","tag-bridgend-soroptimists","tag-domestic-violence","tag-orange-the-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bridgend Soroptimists Believe to Achieve Gender Equality | News | Blog | Events | SI Bridgend and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bridgend and District : Blog &amp; News : Bridgend Soroptimists Believe to Achieve Gender Equality : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bridgend and District . 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