THE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE FOR Dr. DOROTHEA  W.  SINTON  M.B., Ch.B.       1899  to  1987     On Friday September 23rd at 12 noon, a commemorative plaque will be unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle at 18 North Avenue in Gosforth.  This plaque marks the significant contribution of Dr. Dorothea W. Sinton to the medical and wellbeing services of the poorest women in Newcastle; particularly in providing birth control advice which was in its infancy in the 1920’s.    This event welcomes members of the public to come and honour a pioneering woman in our city.   The plaque is sponsored by Soroptimist International Newcastle upon Tyne, a voluntary women’s organisation dedicated to educating, enabling and empowering women to have an equal voice in our communities. Further details about  Dr. Sinton M.B., Ch.B. can be found on our website: https://sigbi.org/newcastle-upon-tyne/    Please visit us soon.

    Dr Ruth Nicholson was born at 32 Kenilworth Road, Elswick, on December 2, 1884. Her birthplace still stands today and is currently a Your Homes Newcastle property.  Ruth attended Newcastle Church High School and in 1904 she enrolled at the city’s College of Medicine aged 19. She was the sole female graduate at the end of her course five years later.  Her career began in Newcastle and then Edinburgh, before missionary work took her to a field hospital in Gaza where she worked until the outbreak of the First World War.  Despite her experience Ruth was prevented from working in male-dominated British military hospitals, but she rose to prominence at an all-female hospital supported by the French government.  She joined the unit established by Scottish Women’s Hospitals founder Elsie Inglis at Royaumont Abbey, to the north of Paris. From December 1914 to March 1919 she shared the

PRESS RELEASE Newcastle upon Tyne Soroptimists Believe to Achieve an end to Human Trafficking Newcastle Soroptimists Believe to Achieve Gender Equality. For 16 Days of Activism starting 25th November to 10th December, Soroptimists everywhere will #OrangetheWorld.   Each of the 16 Days we celebrate marks a step towards women’s rights and a safe space for them.  Soroptimist International believes that women’s rights are human rights and through our work in the communities we work with that objective. Beginning with the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25th November, Soroptimists follow UN Days to transform lives of women and girls. We rally against Child Marriages, Human Trafficking, Modern Day Slavery, Rape, Sexual Exploitation, Female Genital Mutilation, Human Rights Defenders and Sexual Harassment at Workplace. On 10th Dec the last day, we honour the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.   Each day is a call for