"I just got back from Öland and the Soroptimist Nordic Leadership Academy (SNLA), 26 -30 of June 2017 where twenty-three young women from all the five Nordic countries gathered together at Ölands Folkhögskola.
"If there is one thing you can count on Soroptimists for… they will go the extra mile. On 17 June, A Road Map to Gender Equality Now: Symposium for Action, an open event in Vancouver was held, with Soroptimists making up almost a third of attendees.
At the UN Environment in Nairobi, 2017 is an important year for the third UN Environment Assembly (UNEA 3) where decisions are made on different issues on Environment that continue to shape our future.
A blog by Gina Vucci, SI Marin. In 2014, Soroptimist International Marin hosted a Human Trafficking Awareness event and created a film, 'What is Human Trafficking? Why Should We Care?' with Canadian investigative journalist, Julian Sher, subsequently shown at the Commission on the Status of Women in 2015.
"In 2011, the General Assembly of the United Nations designated 15 June as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). The fact that we need a special day to call attention to the existence of harmful practices against older persons is in itself a shameful indictment on society".
A blog by Barbara Rochman SI UN Rep, New York. The New York Declaration is a political document setting forth the states' commitments to launch a process of intergovernmental negotiations leading to the adoption of two global compacts, one for refugees and the other, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
Jane Slatter writes on the 60th anniversary of SI St Albans and District, and a Friendship Weekend that welcomed visitors from Warsaw, Poland, Chico, USA, Muenster, Germany and Osaka, Japan.
'Youth and their Social Impact' was the the theme for the 7th International Forum of NGO's in official partnership with UNESCO. A blog by Soroptimist International delegate, Lee Ann Cochran.
Inspiring changes in the way women’s minor offending is addressed across the UK, Dr Kay Richmond, Chair of the Soroptimist International UK Programme Action Committee writers a blog.
SNLA is a week of intensive education in the principles of leadership and self-development for young women. taking place in Sweden - Öland 26-30 of June 2017.