{"id":268,"date":"2015-07-27T20:37:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T19:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/chester\/?page_id=268"},"modified":"2017-11-30T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T20:46:09","slug":"what-is-soroptimism-who-are-we-and-what-do-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/chester\/what-is-soroptimism-who-are-we-and-what-do-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Soroptimism, who are we and what do we do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimist International is a global volunteer movement working together to transform the lives of women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently over 80,000 members in clubs in 130 countries throughout the world.<\/p>\n<h2>Our<span style=\"color: #00ccff\"> Goals<\/span> are to:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve the lives and status of women and girls through education, empowerment or enabling opportunities<\/li>\n<li>To be a global voice for increasing access to education and leadership for women and girls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As part of the world\u2019s largest service organisation, Soroptimist International, we are committed to a world where women and girls together achieve their individual and collective potential, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong and peaceful communities worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Soroptimist International has consultative status at the United Nations and is a recognised Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) representing women all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>Soroptimist Values:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Human rights for all<\/li>\n<li>Global peace and international goodwill<\/li>\n<li>Advancing women\u2019s potential<\/li>\n<li>Integrity and democratic\u00a0 decision making<\/li>\n<li>Volunteering, diversity and friendship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The word \u2018Soroptimist\u2019 comes from the Latin words \u2018soror\u2019 (sister) and \u2018optima\u2019 (best) \u2013 and we translate this as \u2018the best for women\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Our Projects (Programme Action work) are based on our Goals and the long term theme \u2018Educate to Lead\u2019.\u00a0 For further information on our projects please visit<a title=\"Our Project Work\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/chester\/our-project-work\/\"> \u2018Our Projects\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimist International is a global volunteer movement working together to transform the lives of women&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-268","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>What is Soroptimism, who are we and what do we do? 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