{"id":6496,"date":"2023-06-29T14:39:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/?p=6496"},"modified":"2023-07-20T14:11:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:11:35","slug":"july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/2023\/06\/29\/july-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2023 &#8211; Help for Young Women &#8211; Domestic Abuse &#8211; Orange the World &#8211; Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Help for young women<\/h1>\n<p>The June News photo show the cover of a book by John Little.\u00a0 The book tells an inspiring story: how pioneering Dr Hamlin set up the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia.\u00a0 Her aim was to help girls and young women seriously harmed by Femaile Genital Mutilation (FGM)<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/Knitters-at-work_July-2023_SS-SS-CY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6514\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/Knitters-at-work_July-2023_SS-SS-CY-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/Knitters-at-work_July-2023_SS-SS-CY-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/Knitters-at-work_July-2023_SS-SS-CY.jpg 824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>We have been knitting squares for the Hamlin Fistula Hospital for some time.\u00a0 Members came together in July &#8211; Soroptimists devote special time in July to service &#8211; to sew the knitted squares into blankets.\u00a0 We are well on the way to completing 9 blankets!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/Pile-of-blankets_7-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6515\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/Pile-of-blankets_7-9-163x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/Pile-of-blankets_7-9-163x300.jpg 163w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/Pile-of-blankets_7-9.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each young woman who comes to the hospital gets a blanket and takes it home with her &#8211; very handy for cold Ethiopian nights!\u00a0 We knit on!!<\/p>\n<h1>Memories for the Future<\/h1>\n<p>At the June and July 2023 Social Meetings, the two invited speakers spoke about memories and the future but in different ways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/June-2023-speaker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6517\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/June-2023-speaker-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In June, Rachel Lewis, a life story writer, told members how to create a book\u00a0 of the memorable events in our lives for future generations.\u00a0 Find out more on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presentingyourpast.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/L-Stephens_BR_July-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6518\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/L-Stephens_BR_July-2023-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/L-Stephens_BR_July-2023-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/06\/L-Stephens_BR_July-2023.jpg 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And in July, Natalie Stephens (with President Barbara R in our photo) gave us a fascinating account of Optichrome. The printing company was created by Natalie&#8217;s grandfather . The family firm is now 60 years old. Third-generation CEO Natalie has the task of handing it down when the time comes.<\/p>\n<p>She has already made big changes &#8211; especially by introducing a range of eco paper straws.\u00a0 They can be printed with the customer&#8217;s choice of word and pictures &#8211; and are entirely biodegradable! Optichrome is really looking to the future!<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/05\/Photo-of-reports-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6491\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/05\/Photo-of-reports-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Special Domestic Abuse Court Report\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/05\/Photo-of-reports-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2023\/05\/Photo-of-reports-4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts Report<\/h1>\n<p>After the Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts Report was published by Soroptimist International,\u00a0 \u00a0Bournemouth University held a one-day conference about it. The <strong>Violence Against Women and Girls: Social Justice in Action<\/strong> conference was hosted by Soroptimist International and Bournemouth University on 29th June.\u00a0 The purpose of the conference: seeking social justice to tackle violence against women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Liz Dominey of Soroptimist International Bournemouth said \u201cThis latest study supports previous reports which have found that women are not being supported and the special protection that these courts are supposed to provide is not always there\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the discussion on improving these specialist courts in the account published by Bournemouth University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bournemouth.ac.uk\/news\/2023-07-03\/conference-seeks-social-justice-tackle-violence-against-women-girls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Orange the World<\/h1>\n<p>Look for a cafe near you where an Orange the World Group meets!<\/p>\n<p>In July, the Woking Orange the World Group will be at Bourney Valley Cafe on 25 July 2023.<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help for young women The June News photo show the cover of a book by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":6512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what-weve-been-up-to-recently"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>July 2023 - Help for Young Women - Domestic Abuse - Orange the World - Memories | News | Blog | Events | SI Woking and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Woking and District : Blog &amp; News : July 2023 - Help for Young Women - Domestic Abuse - Orange the World - Memories : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Woking and District . 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