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100 years of Soroptimism<\/h2>\n

1971-1981<\/h3>\n

Soroptimist Movement<\/h4>\n

The main event of the decade was the chartering of the Woking Club in 1976!\u00a0 Surrey had several Soroptimist International Clubs by the 1970s – in Reigate, Epsom, Kingston, Elmbridge, Guildford…. For several Guildford members, Woking was a better place to meet. So they began to look for additional members and a suitable meeting venue in 1975.\u00a0 \u00a0For a brand new Club, a brand new venue: Centre Halls, part of the extensive redevelopment of Woking in the early 1970s (photo: Surrey Advertiser Archive).<\/p>\n

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The new club was formally chartered in April 1976.\u00a0 Sheila Jerred was elected first President during the Chartering Ceremony and wore the newly-created chain of office.\u00a0 Another new tradition:\u00a0 a blue tablecloth embroidered with the names of all members – which we still do today.<\/p>\n

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Woking was not the only place to start a new Soroptimist Club.\u00a0 Clubs were springing up all over the world and especially in the Pacific.\u00a0 So in 1978 a new Federation – SI West Pacific – was created, making a total of four.<\/p>\n

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Service<\/h4>\n

In 1971, Soroptimists had notched up fifty years of community service. Soroptimists cooperate with voluntary organisations, rally round individuals with specific interests and respond to emergencies.\u00a0 Many needs are constant: help for young people, vocational training, help for people in difficulty (the elderly, the disadvantaged, the disabled), health issues.\u00a0 During the 1970s, there was renewed emphasis on drug addiction, pollution.<\/p>\n

During the decade, Soroptimists responded to two problems specifically affecting women: The national Federation launched the Diamond Education Grant<\/a> in 1972 to support women returning to education.\u00a0 Last year there were 200 applications, 70 women received funding.\u00a0 \u00a0Erin Pizzey established the first Women\u2019s Refuge in London in 1971.\u00a0 This meant that women experiencing violence at home now had somewhere to go.\u00a0 In 1974 a national\u00a0 body, the \u2018Women\u2019s Aid Federation\u2019 was formed, uniting refuges across the country.\u00a0 In 1979, SI Salisbury successfully set up a local Women\u2019s Refuge.\u00a0 Since then, Soroptimists in Surrey have consistently supported Your Sanctuary<\/a>, the successor to the first refuges.<\/p>\n

Status of Women<\/h4>\n

1970 saw the launch of the Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM) which voiced demands for women such as\u00a0 equal pay, equal educational and job opportunities, free contraception, free 24-hour nurseries.\u00a0 The debate on these and other aspects of women’s lives continued throughout the 1970s.<\/p>\n

An important law to protect women’s rights cane in :\u00a0 the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act which made marriage an illegal reason for discriminating against women.<\/p>\n

Internationally, in 1976, the UN set up UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women. It merged into UN Women<\/a> in 2011.<\/p>\n

In 1977, a female jockey, Charlotte Brew, rode in the Grand National for the first time.\u00a0 And in 2021, a female jockey, Rachael Blackmore, won it!<\/p>\n

Women’s health<\/h2>\n

The Department for Health and Social Care is working on a new health strategy for women.\u00a0 This is an opportunity to help shape the services that will be there for you in the future.\u00a0 You can contribute by completing the online survey here<\/a><\/p>\n

Suffragette memorial<\/h2>\n

Epsom now has a statue of Emily Wilding,<\/a> the Suffragette who has come to symbolise the struggle of women to have the right to vote.<\/p>\n

Queen’s Award<\/h2>\n

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Many congratulations to Surrey Minority Ethnic Forum<\/a> (SMEF).\u00a0 SMEF has received a Queen’s Award for the work it does in the county to help ethnic community groups.\u00a0 SMEF stimulates discussion, helps people to settle, provides information about health issue and much more.<\/p>\n

Period dignity<\/h2>\n

The June edition of Surrey Matters<\/a>, Surrey County Council announced a most welcome new policy: Making period products available to those that need them. This may not be a large-scale development project – but it the long run it can make a big difference to women’s lives and careers.<\/p>\n

Women in prison<\/h2>\n

Alas, the government is not reducing the number of women in prison as we hoped.\u00a0 Nor is it meeting its Female Offender Strategy commitments, says the Prison Reform Trust<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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