Soroptimists Believe to Achieve in being a voice for the voiceless. During #16DaysofActivism we turn our gaze to the countless indigenous women and forgotten tribes whose voices have been taken away. To the women in those communities we give a voice.
Nearly 1 in 5 women have experienced completed or attempted rape during her lifetime. Soroptimists Believe to Achieve negative numbers of rape cases we need to raise our collective voices and #orange the world. Join us! #GenerationEquality @UN_Women @SIGBI1
Soroptimists Believe to Achieve a collective global effort on International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women. This is the first day of #16DaysofActivism.Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, violence against women has intensified. A Shadow Pandemic of domestic violence is growing and we need to stem the tide. Everyone has a role to play in this -What’s Yours? We will #OrangetheWorld: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect in support of #GenerationEquality. Soroptimists Believe to Achieve Zero Tolerance against Gender Based Violence.
https://sigbi.org/newcastle-upon-tyne/ www.sigbi.org/.uk Soroptimists from Newcastle upon Tyne ORANGE the world! 25th November marks the UN International Day of the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence which ends on 10th December (Human Rights Day). Members of Soroptimist International Newcastle upon Tyne will join other Soroptimists across the world taking action and calling for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender based Violence takes place between 25 November and 10 December each year. The theme for 2020 is “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!” On each of the 16 days of activism, Soroptimists from around the world will be tweeting, posting on Facebook and Instagram to raise awareness of campaigns to support women in violent situations. Please engage with our campaign. As the
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender based Violence takes place between 25 November and 10 December each year. The theme for 2020 is “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!” As the world retreated inside homes due to the lockdown measures introduced to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, reports showed an alarming increase in the already existing pandemic of violence against women. “Accompanying the crisis has been a spike in domestic violence reporting, at exactly the time that services, including rule of law, health and shelters, are being diverted to address the pandemic,” stated the UN Secretary-General’s report, “Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19“. In the lead up to the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence, we are pleased to share the following videos : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llNP__bW-o0&feature=emb_title- The Shadow Pandemic narrated by Kate Winslet – 1 minute long
It’s been a very strange year when we have had so many changes. This weekend should have been the Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Conference in Belfast., but instead it was our first digital conference. Under normal circumstances our President of SI Northern England would have handed over the Presidential Chain to Christine Lumsdon, a long serving and greatly respected member of SI Newcastle upon Tyne, in the Change of Insignia ceremony. Although we do not have any photographs to welcome Christine to her new post, all at Newcastle S.I. are delighted to congratulate her and to wish her well in her presidential year. Christine has generously agreed to share the Presidency with her predecessor, Joyce Chesney, until March 2021. In these extraordinary times, President Joyce has done a magnificent job in leading soroptimists across Northern England and has made great use of
7 New Start Bags ready to be distributed to victims of trafficking by S.I. Newcastle upon Tyne #soroptimist #askmewhyiamasoroptimist @SIGBI1 @soroptimists For more information about these New Start bags, please see our What do we do page
S.I. Newcastle members have added a new challenge to their list to celebrate 💯 years of Soroptimists: planting 💯bulbs each. So far 3 members have achieved this. It promises to be a beautiful spring. #askmewhyiamasoroptimist #soroptimists @SIGBI1 @soroptimists For more information about how we are celebrating 100 years, please see our 100 for 100 page
In September, we were fortunate enough to be shortlisted for the Northern Region’s ‘Reach for the Skies’ award. While we did not win, we received a certificate (Please see below) . A copy of the presentation given by our Programme Officer, Christine, is available on our Women’s Safety and Security page. This gives more information about the project and the Domestic Violence Champions.
During lockdown, we’ve been collecting items of clothing for various charities. So far we’ve donated over 200 items.
