A huge congratulations and welcome to Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI)’s latest Club, SI Tunapuna-Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago, who were chartered on 8 September 2025. SIGBI President, Ruth Healey, travelled to Trinidad and Tobago to charter the Club, which has 18 founder members. We wish the new Club all the best and look
Money Marketing magazine has featured an article with President Ruth this month, making the case for more women advisers in the financial sector. Please feel free to share on your own social own channels, and with any relevant groups or people who might benefit. Weekend Essay: The business case for showing women they are needed
Read our latest opinion piece “Why misogyny is not just a young woman’s problem” as featured in Darling Media UK. 14 million women in the UK make up 53% of the population aged over 50 and often these older women are invisible. Ageism and sexism have regularly meant that older women are perceived differently across
Great article in Money & Finance Magazine, showing the importance of financial literacy and independence for women and girls to help build a secure and stronger future. Soroptimist SIGBI President Ruth Healey stresses “Having money and using it wisely brings financial independence, but it also helps women shape their own lives. Understanding how to budget,
Soroptimists of Great Britain and Ireland say it’s time to move from box-ticking to measurable change as it calls on the Government to adopt a robust, compulsory gender- first approach to equality on its annual Day of Action (July 12). SIGBI, which has consultative status at the UN, has timed its Annual Day of Action to
NHS England announces a significant change in its cervical screening programme in time for Cervical Screening Awareness Week! Cervical Screening Awareness Week aims to highlight the importance of regular cervical screening, as part of the fight to eliminate cervical cancer by 2030, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) target. Around the world, every two minutes, a
A new chapter in women’s empowerment has begun in Wigan with the official chartering of Soroptimist International Swallows (SI Swallows), a dynamic new club dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls in the local community and beyond. The official charter ceremony was attended by Ruth Healey, SIGBI President, The Mayor of Wigan, Cllr
For the last two years we have been working, across our Federations worldwide, to raise awareness of the ways we can bring cervical cancer to an end. Soroptimists work to five charitable objects and health is a critical one. We know that women’s health issues are not prioritised sufficiently and ill health can disproportionately affect
As women’s rights and violence against women and girls (VAWG) dominates global headlines, a leading women’s charity, Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI), is taking its fight for women’s rights to the world stage. Next month, the charity will head to New York to contribute to the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women,
