Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are unable to hold our usual Federation Conference, which would have seen over 1,000 Members from all over the world meeting up in Belfast in October 2020. Instead, we are holding a Virtual Conference over two days, 30-31 October 2020 13.30-17.00 GMT both days. This is an exciting development
I am pleased that I can write my first blog for SIGBI for World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the global awareness raising initiative against human trafficking. As I type I am very aware that a victim will have been subject to human trafficking or been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. What is the significance
What is United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons? 30 July is United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons, established to raise awareness of the plight of human trafficking victims and promote and protect their rights. More than 20 million people living today around the world have been trafficked either for sexual exploitation
I am delighted to invite you to attend the 86th Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Conference which will be broadcast from Belfast on the afternoons of 30th – 31st October 2020. For the first time, this will be a virtual conference, which you can view from your own home. We would be delighted to
Thank you so much to everyone who has donated to our SIGBI Statue to be commissioned for the National Memorial Arboretum. We are delighted to announce that we have reached our £10,000 target and we look forward to sharing details of the unveiling ceremony later this year. Watch this space! Read this letter from President
Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) is a global organisation. Our membership is comprised of women from many nations, races and walks of life. Our work is carried out to help women and girls from a vast range of backgrounds and experiences. We work to fight prejudice wherever we find it and however it
SI have written an open letter in response to the Black Lives Matter campaign: Dear Friends and Colleagues, From our humble beginning in October 1921 until today, Soroptimist International (SI) was founded on the principles of human rights, social & economic justice, equality, peace, and international goodwill and to transform the lives of girls and
SIGBI has donated £1,000 from the Emergency Relief Fund to the World Health Organisation COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. The COVID-19 situation is adversely impacting low-income countries such as Bangladesh and India where the lack of affordable PPE is desperate. By donating to the WHO Solidarity Fund SIGBI will be supporting a number of countries within
World Environment Day – 5 June 2020 5th June is designated by the United Nations as World Environment Day. Instituted in 1972 – when environment awareness was in its nascent stages and continues to be marked with more focus, and passion and certainly more concern. It is a challenging time for the whole world –
