{"id":949,"date":"2026-10-31T13:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/salisbury\/?post_type=update&#038;p=949"},"modified":"2026-10-31T14:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T14:08:54","slug":"her-majesty-the-queen-joins-soroptimists-to-tackle-violence-against-women","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/salisbury\/news\/her-majesty-the-queen-joins-soroptimists-to-tackle-violence-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Her Majesty the Queen Joins Soroptimists to Tackle Violence Against Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"wysiwyg-outer  inline section\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-951\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2026\/10\/Wiltshire_Soroptimists_at_EVAWG_Portrait_50-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2026\/10\/Wiltshire_Soroptimists_at_EVAWG_Portrait_50-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2026\/10\/Wiltshire_Soroptimists_at_EVAWG_Portrait_50-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2026\/10\/Wiltshire_Soroptimists_at_EVAWG_Portrait_50-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2026\/10\/Wiltshire_Soroptimists_at_EVAWG_Portrait_50-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2026\/10\/Wiltshire_Soroptimists_at_EVAWG_Portrait_50-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2026\/10\/Wiltshire_Soroptimists_at_EVAWG_Portrait_50-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2026\/10\/Wiltshire_Soroptimists_at_EVAWG_Portrait_50-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2026\/10\/Wiltshire_Soroptimists_at_EVAWG_Portrait_50-810x1080.jpg 810w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2026\/10\/Wiltshire_Soroptimists_at_EVAWG_Portrait_50-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2026\/10\/Wiltshire_Soroptimists_at_EVAWG_Portrait_50.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Soroptimists from across Wiltshire joined together on Friday 23 October to attend the EVAWG Summit arranged and staged by the End Violence Against Women and Girls Wiltshire coalition.<br \/>\nQueen Camilla was a surprise visitor to the early part of the event and organiser Lady Fiona Lansdowne told us all that the Queen had been her inspiration for this event. Describing herself as a \u2018Wiltshire girl\u2019, Her Majesty added her voice to the call from a range of excellent speakers that Wiltshire could and should lead the way in making a real impact on ending violence against women and girls for other areas of the UK to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Jess Phillips MP captured the feeling in the room at Marlborough College when she said: \u201cLet the girls of Wiltshire think about their netball and not be worrying about what they should post online\u201d. She went on to stress the importance of all agencies working together to tackle the issue and said \u201cWe should treat every woman we serve like our sister. Let\u2019s make Wiltshire the best place to be a woman or girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of Swindon and Salisbury Soroptimist Clubs were pleased to be enabled by the organisers to distribute copies of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/salisbury\/club-projects\/fresh-thoughts\/\">Wiltshire Fresh Thoughts<\/a> booklet to all 400 delegates at the Summit, which was extremely well received by everyone in attendance.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"template":"","update-type":[8],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-949","update","type-update","status-publish","hentry","update-type-events"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/salisbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/salisbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/salisbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/update"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/salisbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"update-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/salisbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-type?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/salisbury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}