{"id":788,"date":"2017-02-24T17:14:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/slough-windsor-and-maidenhead\/?p=788"},"modified":"2017-02-24T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T16:14:13","slug":"advocacy-and-its-importance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/slough-windsor-and-maidenhead\/2017\/02\/24\/advocacy-and-its-importance\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy and its importance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/slough-windsor-and-maidenhead\/files\/2017\/02\/DSC_1016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-789\" src=\"\/slough-windsor-and-maidenhead\/files\/2017\/02\/DSC_1016-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Margaret and Judy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/slough-windsor-and-maidenhead\/files\/2017\/02\/DSC_1016-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/slough-windsor-and-maidenhead\/files\/2017\/02\/DSC_1016-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/slough-windsor-and-maidenhead\/files\/2017\/02\/DSC_1016.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x2 pg-2h2 pg-2y1f pg-2ff2 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Margaret Clark, Assistant Programme Director Advocacy, visited the club at the February meeting. \u00a0She spoke about Advocacy and development, speaking for those who can&#8217;t speak\u00a0for themselves (disabled, disadvantaged etc). The work is carried out through\u00a0training, workshops and mentoring, enabling others to follow the pathway. \u00a0She demonstrated the importance of Lobbying on Women&#8217;s rights etc especially MP&#8217;s. \u00a0She suggested that we remember to lobby our local MPs though not in a party political way. \u00a0It is very useful to ask the Parliament Outreach Service to speak to the club.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y26 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y27 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals issued by the UN in 8 Programme Areas aiming to\u00a0eliminate poverty. It is important that Clubs report their activities because the\u00a0Consultative Status at the UN is up for discussion in June. \u00a0Margaret is pictured with Judy Nixon and the Toilet Twinning Certificate which arrived recently following our fund raising for the charity,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toilettwinning.org\/what-is-toilet-twinning\/\">http:\/\/www.toilettwinning.org\/what-is-toilet-twinning\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x1 pg-2h2 pg-2y2a pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margaret Clark, Assistant Programme Director Advocacy, visited the club at the February meeting. \u00a0She spoke&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Advocacy and its importance | News | Blog | Events | SI Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead : Blog &amp; News : Advocacy and its importance : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead . 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