{"id":5785,"date":"2021-08-09T18:42:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T17:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/?page_id=5785"},"modified":"2021-08-09T18:42:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T17:42:08","slug":"advocating-for-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/our-work\/advocating-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimists work to transform the lives of women and girls through education, empowerment and enabling opportunities. We do this through raising awareness, advocating for change and taking action.<\/p>\n<p>SI Lichfield recognised that advocating for change was an area we could do more in and a new sub group started in October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Our key themes are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Violence against Women and Girls (which includes Domestic Abuse; Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Marriage and Honour based abuse)<\/li>\n<li>Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking<\/li>\n<li>Our Environment (including Climate Change, use of plastics and recycling)<\/li>\n<li>Equality (such as encouraging girls into STEM based careers and healthy relationships)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2021\/08\/megaphone-1480342_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5790 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2021\/08\/megaphone-1480342_640-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"advocating for change - woman with megaphone\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2021\/08\/megaphone-1480342_640-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2021\/08\/megaphone-1480342_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We do this through democratic systems including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bills that are working through Parliament (<a href=\"https:\/\/bills.parliament.uk\/\">Parliamentary Bills &#8211; UK Parliament<\/a>) falling within areas that can impact on the lives of women and girls. From this we can work with various organisations to lobby for amendments or petition to influence decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Planning or other changes our local councils are looking to make and work with them and\/or other organisations such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitionlichfield.org.uk\">Transition Lichfield<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Petitions that UKPAC have identified that could affect women and girls on a national or international basis &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/get-involved\/sign-a-petition\/\">https:\/\/sigbi.org\/get-involved\/sign-a-petition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2021\/03\/Orange-badge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5674 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2021\/03\/Orange-badge-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Violence Against Women Must Stop\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2021\/03\/Orange-badge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2021\/03\/Orange-badge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/files\/2021\/03\/Orange-badge.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In the short time we have been working in this area we have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>marched through Lichfield City Centre to publicise the UN\u2019s 16 days of activism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=37oJ7bJOWiA\">16 Days of Activism 2019<\/a> on violence against women<\/li>\n<li>written to our MPs about amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill and helped to get Non-Fatal Strangulation made into an offence in the Domestic Abuse Act 2020<\/li>\n<li>supported other organisations such as Age UK, Greenpeace and private individuals who have placed petitions on the UK Parliament petitions website<\/li>\n<li>talked to the Leader of Lichfield District Council who has agreed to raise our campaigns with the council with the aim for them to show their support.<\/li>\n<li>learnt how the UK Parliament works and how best to use our voices<\/li>\n<li>attended webinars on such subjects as \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk\/women-who-kill\">women who kill<\/a>\u2019 with the <a href=\"http:\/\/centreforwomensjustice.org.uk\">Centre for Women\u2019s Justice<\/a> on how the justice system disproportionately negatively affects women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>So if you want to use your voice to help women and girls \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/membership\">come and join us!<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimists work to transform the lives of women and girls through education, empowerment and enabling&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":735,"featured_media":5626,"parent":4456,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5785","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Advocacy | SI Lichfield and District | Advocating for change<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Advocating for change is a key area of our activity. 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