{"id":426,"date":"2015-08-25T14:17:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T13:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/?page_id=426"},"modified":"2016-04-24T19:48:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T18:48:27","slug":"a-soroptimist-in-new-york-june-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/?page_id=426","title":{"rendered":"A Soroptimist in New York &#8211; June 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sue Biggs, our member and the Federation Programme Director for SIGBI recently visited New York and the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.<\/p>\n<p>On her return Sue gave a talk to the Club members about the significance of CSW and why it is so important to women and girls worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>CSW first met in February 1947 shortly after the founding of the UN and has convened ever since. It is the global policy making body dedicated exclusively to the promotion of gender equality and the advancement of women. Every year representatives of member states of the UN Economic and Social Council gather at the UN HQ in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and the advancement of women worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a02015 the theme\u00a0was Beijing +20, as it was exactly 20 years since the 4<sup>th<\/sup> World Conference on Women in 1995 held in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>In 1995 women\u2019s organisations from around the world met in Beijing and decided upon 12 pillars for action which would lead to gender equality for women across the globe. It is important to note there is no country in the world which has achieved gender equality.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-450\" style=\"width: 137px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2015-03-07-15.41.04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-450\" src=\"\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2015-03-07-15.41.04-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"2015-03-07 15.41.04\" width=\"137\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2015-03-07-15.41.04-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2015-03-07-15.41.04.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from bedroom window. On the 34th floor!!!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-449\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2012-02-27-18.15.57.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-449 size-medium\" src=\"\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2012-02-27-18.15.57-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2012-02-27 18.15.57\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2012-02-27-18.15.57-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2012-02-27-18.15.57.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fractured globe outside the UN headquarters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2012-02-26-15.43.56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-448 size-medium\" src=\"\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2012-02-26-15.43.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2012-02-26 15.43.56\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2012-02-26-15.43.56-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/files\/2015\/08\/2012-02-26-15.43.56.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sue with Federation Past President Maureen Maguire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sue Biggs, our member and the Federation Programme Director for SIGBI recently visited New York&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":70,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Soroptimist in New York - June 2015 | SI Burnley | SIGBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SIGBI : SI Burnley : A Soroptimist in New York - June 2015 : SI Burnley is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the A Soroptimist in New York - June 2015 here.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/?page_id=426\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Soroptimist in New York - June 2015 | SI Burnley | SIGBI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SIGBI : SI Burnley : A Soroptimist in New York - June 2015 : SI Burnley is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the A Soroptimist in New York - June 2015 here.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/?page_id=426\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SI Burnley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-24T18:48:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/?page_id=426\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/?page_id=426\",\"name\":\"A Soroptimist in New York - June 2015 | SI Burnley | SIGBI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-25T13:17:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-24T18:48:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"SIGBI : SI Burnley : A Soroptimist in New York - June 2015 : SI Burnley is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the A Soroptimist in New York - June 2015 here.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/?page_id=426#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/?page_id=426\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/?page_id=426#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/burnley\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Soroptimist in New York &#8211; 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