I attended the 4 days of the Soroptimist International Board Meeting from Monday 27th July to Thursday the 30th July. Or rather the 4 nights as BST meant I started at 19.00 and the earliest finish was 00.30 the next day! Bette Levy, our UN Representative in New York, presented on a number of issues
Gender Balance/Equity Gender balance refers to “an equitable distribution of life’s opportunities and resources between women and men, and/or the equal representation of women and men.” Given the differences between men and women, equal treatment may not always result in equal outcomes and so the concept of gender equity, referring to fairness of treatment for
Hello everyone, What activity does July bring? July heralds our Soroptimist Day of Action and our theme this year is ‘Stay Connected.’ This seems the most relevant activity to celebrate on the 18th July as staying connected has never been so important in the face of this pandemic. There is a toolkit for this campaign
How is COVID-19 impacting on SDG2 Zero Hunger and SDG3 Good Health and Well-being? A blog by the Assistant Programme Director for People, Yvonne Gibbon. SDG 2 Before the pandemic, more than 820 million people regularly went to bed hungry. 135 million of those suffer from acute hunger largely due man-made conflicts, climate change and
A blog by Rachel Weinhold, SI Rossendale Having been a Soroptimist for several years now, I’m often asked ‘what is a Soroptimist?’ and ‘what do Soroptimists do?’. Well, Soroptimists work to ensure that women and girls get a fair deal, in every country around the world. We’ve been doing it for 100 years now and
It is twenty years since the Security Council unanimously adopted UN Resolution 1325. This acknowledged the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on women and girls. It also called for increased participation of women at all levels of decision making during the peace process. To quote – “The resolution reaffirms the important role of women in
We’re living through a funny old time aren’t we?! At the time of writing this, the vast majority of the world have been living in lockdown thanks to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic. Here in the UK, we’re now entering our 12th week of lockdown. Only key workers have been allowed to continue working; the rest
Hello Where did May go? I have never known a month go by so quickly. I must admit that it has been a busy 4 weeks. Lots of ‘Go To Meetings’ with Directors, the Website Working Party, the PR and Marketing Committee, Region/NA/Country Presidents and on Saturday the Director of Membership and I met with
The need for governments, non-governmental organisations, civil society organisations and people from every nation of the world to work together in partnership has never been greater. Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, referring to the Sustainable Development Goals at the end of 2015, said: “The seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are our shared vision of humanity
Hello, Since the World Health Organisation officially declared the Covid19 a pandemic on 11 March, life has changed beyond all recognition. The news from around the world and the daily toll of cases and deaths reminds us why the measures now in place are so important. The shutdown has caused immeasurable pain in jobs lost,
