At our November monthly meeting members wore Orange to mark the beginning of our campaign to raise awareness for the UN day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Friday 25th November marks the Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. SI Guernsey have asked businesses in St Peter Port to display an orange shoe in their windows for 16 days to raise awareness and show support for the elimination of gender based violence.
SI Guernsey are joining other Soroptimists across the world taking action and calling for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
SI Guernsey has printed posters showing what a good relationship looks like. The have been posted around the island in public places such as the hospital and library, in doctors and dentists etc. The Share Nurses distribute the bookmarks as part of their PSHE lessons./
Members enjoyed an afternoon tea on a lovely sunny afternoon in May, and raised money for the local committee.
The guest speaker at our February supper evening was Poppy Murray who gave us a presentation of her Be Lads Campaign. She created the campaign after the case of Sarah Everard. BE LADS is an acronym for the campaign which aims to give advice to men and help women feel safer when walking alone.
SI Guernsey are supporting the to raise awareness for cervical screening, at our June club our members coloured in a pair of paper knickers and held them up to raise awareness. # We Are All Smear Ready. Remember that having a smear test is the best protection against cervical cancer.
We are pleased to welcome our new President Elizabeth for the term April 2021- March 2022. Elizabeth has many exciting projects for the coming year. Thank you to our outgoing President Sally to what has been a very strange year for her Presidency.
We are pleased to announce that our member, June Money, has now had her story published on YouTube, it is read by Joan Collins’ daughter Tara Arkle A quote from June “Remembering my childhood during the Occupation years was almost like living it again. The memories flooded back.‘ Never think you can’t write – you can. If you can speak, you can write. If you can understand this, you are fully qualified to tell a story of your own. It will belong to you; you can select and create and mix up and omit anything you want. Just start at once, on any old paper or screen or tablet. To listen please click on the following link
On Friday 9 October, The Ladies’ College celebrated 100 years of women in Guernsey having the right to vote. Members of Soroptimist International of Guernsey, wearing costume associated with the women’s suffrage movement, visited the College and spoke with Year 6 (Form III) and Year 7 (Remove) pupils about the history of female representation in the Island. The States’ reforms extending the franchise to Guernsey women over thirty were sanctioned by the Privy Council in October 1920, a century ago this month. It was to take until the December 1945 election, however, before the age of enfranchisement was equalised for men and women. The students explored the reasons for changes locally, and were interested to see that the militant campaign of the Suffragettes in the UK was not mirrored locally. Women’s representation in public life is also being explored by a number of Sixth Form students
