"Women’s economic empowerment will be won or lost in the world of work." SI Advocacy Advisor discusses the significance of this year's CSW priority theme.
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SI Immediate Past President, Sharon Fisher, reports from the NGO Collaborative Session at CsocD60.
Alarmed by low input from States, SI UN Representative, Berthe De Vos blogs from the 89th Session of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
"We must continue to stand up!" Evelyne Para, SI UN Representative at UNESCO, discusses the under-representation of women and girls in science.
NGO CSW/NY organises the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and runs parallel to the official session taking place at the UN Headquarters in New York. Find out more and download the SI Advocacy Resources Pack.
Frances Zainoeddin, Representative to the United Nations, New York asks, What attention is being given to older women? Her finding suggest - not much.
on the occasion of the International Day of Education, celebrated around the world on 24 January, UNESCO invited governments, civil society, educators, students and young people, and all NGOs of which we are part, to mobilise our collective intelligence in order to re-imagine our future together.
Blog by Yvonne Freeman, Regional President of SIGBI South East England.
COP26 Part 2
3 November – Finance
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Donatella Benjamin, SI United Nations Representative in Geneva, attended the 2021 Geneva Peace Week last month, and reports on the powerful sessions that put women at the centre of peacebuilding and international cooperation.
Evelyne Para represented Soroptimist International and spoke at the 41st Session of the UNESCO General Conference, amplifying the voice of women and girls.
Marie-Christine Gries explains how artificial intelligence has both the potential to accelerate progress as well as harm, as she outlines a UNESCO report on the global standards for emerging new technologies.
Marie-Christine Gries, SI United Nations Representative in Paris, delves into the work of UNESCO's approach to securing a better future for education through a "new social contract".
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