Six members of SI Middlesbrough attended the annual SIGBI Federation conference at the Sage concert hall Gateshead in October and early November 2013, where some 1,400 Soroptimists met over 3 days to review the previous year’s work.
The conference was launched with a short demonstration of solidarity outside the famous Sage to raise awareness about endometriosis – which often goes undiagnosed late into women’s reproductive lives and can be life changing and life threatening.
A sea of red was manifested as Soroptimists gathered together asking the public and all medical professions not to forget the impact of this awful disease which can sometimes be dismissed just as ‘painful periods’.
