Who we are
A friendly group of women who meet online via Zoom once a month. We want to change the world.
We are a friendly group of women who want to and are changing the world.
Soroptimists perform programme action in local and international communities and enjoy fellowship among members.
Let’s join hands and make a better world! Online or near you. Contact Email: [email protected]
A friendly group of women who meet online via Zoom once a month. We want to change the world.
Tuesday evenings 7.30pm on the third week of every month via Zoom.
We have many ongoing projects: Menstrual health, making reusable sanitary pads for refugees worldwide. Ending Cervical Cancer, STOP Spiking, End violence against women and girls. Making Trauma Teddies for comfort of vistims. Awareness of Coercive control. Seasonal awareness and United Nations and SIGBI days of action.
Period Poverty and Menstrual Health
Stamp out spiking. Drink spiking is a calculated, often premeditated crime, and it’s far more common than most people realise. Victims are left traumatised, disbelieved, and in some cases seriously harmed – yet spiking remains poorly understood, rarely prosecuted, and dangerously underreported.
It affects people of all genders, in every kind of setting – from clubs and pubs to festivals, house parties, and even student halls. This is not a prank. This is not “just part of a night out.” It’s a serious crime – and it’s time we treated it like one. We had a speaker meeting with Dawn Dines to raise awareness.
Period kits are being provided to student athletes at a university to "reduce anxiety and stress" around menstruating during sport.
Teesside University is giving the kits to its sport clubs to take on away fixtures as part of its Period Dignity campaign, which aims to help women feel comfortable enough to keep participating.
Volleyball team captain Samantha Soto Pupillo, a second year law student, said the kits would provide "extra reassurance" and "means students can focus on taking part".
"As an athlete, the last thing you want to be worrying about before or during a fixture is whether you have everything you need if your period starts unexpectedly," she said.
Educated Girls. Empowered Futures.
Education is one of the most effective ways to break cycles of inequality. When girls have access to quality education, they gain the knowledge, confidence, and opportunities to shape their own lives and strengthen their communities.
This International Day of the Girl, Soroptimists around the world are celebrating the power of girls' education and advocating for equal access to learning for every girl, everywhere.
Find out about our work on education sigbi.org/what-we-do/our-work/education
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