SI UN Representative, Evelyne Para, praises the efforts of women in the COVID-19 response efforts.
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SI UN Representative, Marie-Christine Gries, blogs about the rise in violence resulting from COVID-19.
In view of the current crisis and the potential devastating effects for the future, media coverage is contributing to the stigmatisation and discrimination of the older persons
Soroptimist International supports all activities which work towards achieving SDG 16, promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development. However, we do not hear of the work of the UN Security Council very often. I was invited recently through National Alliance of Women's Organisations (NAWO) UK, to attend a virtual consultation with NGOs and the current President of the UN Security Council, His Excellency Sven Jurgenson of Estonia.
Soroptimist International supports all activities which work towards achieving SDG 16, promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development. However, we do not hear of the work of the UN Security Council very often. I was invited recently through National Alliance of Women's Organisations (NAWO) UK, to attend a virtual consultation with NGOs and the current President of the UN Security Council, His Excellency Sven Jurgenson of Estonia.
Soroptimist International is pleased to announce that it is inviting applications for the volunteer role, SI Director of Advocacy, and SI Treasurer.
Soroptimist International is pleased to announce that it is inviting applications for the volunteer role, SI Director of Advocacy, and SI Treasurer.
Soroptimist International seeks Volunteer United Nations Representative for New York.
Soroptimist International seeks Volunteer United Nations Representative for New York.
In 2020, the international community’s plan was to embark on its decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals, honour major declarations such as Beijing and determine how to accelerate sustainable solutions to the world’s biggest challenges including gender related goals. But things did not go as planned. Instead, today’s world is facing a “global crisis unlike any other in the 75 year history the United Nations.” While consensus differs among States as they make fragmented attempts to deal with this challenge, the COVID 19 pandemic continues to exacerbate existing gender inequalities.
As we have come to understand, maintaining social distance is imperative to contain the spread of the corona virus. Nonetheless, refugees in congested camps and densely populated areas, who have been displaced owing to conflicts and natural disasters, and left increasingly vulnerable to the dangers of the virus, are leading life precariously.
In 2020, the international community’s plan was to embark on its decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals, honour major declarations such as Beijing and determine how to accelerate sustainable solutions to the world’s biggest challenges including gender related goals. But things did not go as planned. Instead, today’s world is facing a “global crisis unlike any other in the 75 year history the United Nations.” While consensus differs among States as they make fragmented attempts to deal with this challenge, the COVID 19 pandemic continues to exacerbate existing gender inequalities.
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