{"id":5017,"date":"2020-09-17T15:38:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2020-09-17T17:19:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T16:19:49","slug":"local-soroptimists-feature-in-international-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2020\/09\/17\/local-soroptimists-feature-in-international-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Soroptimists feature in International Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Lancashire Region\u2019s President, Yvonne Gibbon, was delighted recently to see her own club (SI Widnes) mentioned in a major international document.<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2020\/06\/Widnes-bags-of-essentials-for-womens-aid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4982\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2020\/06\/Widnes-bags-of-essentials-for-womens-aid.jpg\" alt=\"Soroptimists with bags of essential items for local womens aid charity\" width=\"257\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2020\/06\/Widnes-bags-of-essentials-for-womens-aid.jpg 257w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2020\/06\/Widnes-bags-of-essentials-for-womens-aid-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soroptimist International\u2019s \u2018Report for the High-Level Political Forum 2020\u2019 was compiled for the United Nations (UN). Entitled \u2018The Road to Equality\u2019 the report looked at the UN\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals, Women &amp; Girls. It demonstrated how the work of Soroptimist International has contributed towards progress in achieving the Goals. The report highlighted Soroptimists\u2019 worldwide project work aimed at women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>SI Widnes appeared in the section on Soroptimists\u2019 response to COVID-19, aiding victims of violence:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hygiene Poverty: UK SI Widnes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The resources available to women and children in shelters has always been limited. Many of those staying in shelters do not have a stable income, which can mean they experience hygiene poverty &#8211; where they are unable to afford items for personal care for themselves and their children.<\/li>\n<li>Responding to this during the COVID-19 crisis, SI Widnes donated nappies, wipes and toys for the children at Changing Lives (Women\u2019s Refuge).<\/li>\n<li>To support a local homeless charity, Night Stop, SI Widnes also helped equip two new houses with household items such as bedding, towels and kitchen utensils.<\/li>\n<li>This kind of in-kind support is essential during a pandemic, where finding the necessary resources to help homeless people is very challenging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yvonne is currently part of the Programme Team in our Federation (SIGBI: <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/who-we-are\/how-it-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soroptimist International, Great Britain &amp; Ireland<\/a>). As Assistant Programme Director for \u2018People\u2019 she was particularly delighted that her club\u2019s people-focussed project was singled out by our parent organisation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soroptimistinternational.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soroptimist International<\/a>. (Read the full report: <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2020\/09\/Soroptimist-International-HLPF-Report-to-UN-2020.pdf\">Soroptimist International HLPF Report to UN 2020<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Lancashire Region\u2019s President, Yvonne Gibbon, was delighted recently to see her own club (SI&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":5039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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>Local Soroptimists feature in International Report | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Local Soroptimists feature in International Report : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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