{"id":17,"date":"2016-03-17T12:43:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T11:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lancaster\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-04-27T15:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:14:47","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lancaster\/about-us\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Soroptimists are like-minded women with a social conscience working globally to make a difference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We are a non-political and non-religious organisation that works on projects at international, national, regional and local levels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Soroptimist International is the world\u2019s largest women\u2019s service organisation.\u00a0 It is a vibrant and dynamic organisation, we are committed to a world where women and girls together achieve their individual and collective potential \u2014 a world where they can realise their aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong and peaceful communities worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We have over 3,000 clubs around the world, in over 124 countries, from Argentina to Zimbabwe.\u00a0 We work to advance human rights and especially the status of women. We work to empower women through economic independence and greater participation in decision-making at all levels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We are immensely proud of our Consultative Status at the United Nations, where we have twelve permanent representatives in New York, Geneva, Vienna and Paris.\u00a0 In 1984 we attained Category 1 Consultative Status as a non-governmental organisation (NGO), the only women\u2019s service organisation to do so.\u00a0 It is only through work at club level that we maintain our national and international influence.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about SI Lancaster download the <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lancaster\/lancaster-flyer_2025-final\/\">Leaflet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also find us on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LancasterSoroptimists-UK\">FaceBook.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>A\u00a0 Frequently-Asked Question<\/h2>\n<p>So what does the word \u2018Soroptimist\u2019 mean?\u00a0 It was coined from the Latin words <em>soror<\/em> meaning \u201csister\u201d and <em>optima<\/em> meaning \u201cbest\u201d,\u00a0 and is perhaps best interpreted as \u2018the best for women\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>You can read about how it all started when the world&#8217;s first Soroptimist Club was formed in 1921 in <a title=\"History of Soroptimists\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soroptimist.org\/members\/membership\/membershipdocs\/newmembers\/history.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stuart Morrow&#8217;s story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimists are like-minded women with a social conscience working globally to make a difference. 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