From the editor


Great news from SI Headquarters! After much intense work, the Board of Soroptimist International has approved the SI Strategic Plan. The debating is over, the goals for the future are agreed, the objectives are set, the way ahead is clear!


This Strategic Plan is the cornerstone of your work, it gives form, guidance and encouragement to every project or initiative; it is a great achievement and will be immensely useful to members across the globe.


And what work is being done! I am constantly amazed by the vision, the effort and the achievement of Soroptimists – you never stop do you? This issue looks at the work you have been doing in matters of Education and Leadership, helping today’s girls become tomorrow’s leaders. How inspiring and invigorating it is to hear about women


working so hard, with such generosity, mentoring, guiding, teaching and crucially, funding those who haven’t had some of the privileges that others take for granted. The work of SI should be promoted by


Soroptimist International A global voice for women


PRESIDENT: Hanne Jensbo president@


soroptimistinternational.org


PRESIDENT ELECT: Alice Wells president.elect@


soroptimistinternational.org


IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Margaret Lobo


ipp@soroptimistinternational.org


all of you, sung from the rooftops, recorded on the internet, anywhere you can think of. Not for self congratulation, but to encourage others to join you - and do even more! As we go to press many of us are


preparing for the Christmas season and a New Year, I wish you all a very happy time and a successful and peaceful New Year.


TREASURER: Carolyn Hudson


treasurer@soroptimistinternational.org


INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME DIRECTOR:


Dawn Marie Lemonds programme.director@ soroptimistinternational.org


INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANT PROGRAMME DIRECTOR:


Margaret Cook Upcoming events at the United Nations


Soroptimist International has a team of representatives based at each of the main UN centres in Geneva, New York, Paris, Rome and Vienna, as well as at the regional centres for Africa, West Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean. Here are some key dates where SI Reps will be participating or where issues affecting women and girls will play an important role in the policy discussions. Recent events which have taken place but did not make it into the last TIS are also included:


29 Nov – 3 Dec: 140th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Council. FAO Rep, Cinzia Palmi, and SI Italian Union President Wilma Malucelli attended to see the 1 Billion Hungry campaign signatures being delivered. Soroptimists have been huge supporters of this campaign so please visit the members section of the SI website to read a full report! 17 Jan – 4 Feb: 48th Session of the Convention on the Elimination and Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee, Geneva. Bangladesh, Israel, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka and South Africa will be reviewed at this meeting. Each state will submit a report on the status of women. NGOs can submit alternative reports to the Committee and NGO attendance is encouraged; if you are in a Soroptimist Club in one of the countries being reviewed you could take part! Soroptimists of Papua New Guinea attended a review in July and did a fantastic job holding their Government to account. For more information, please contact SIHQ or read the recent CEDAW report in the members section of the SI website. 17 – 25 Jan: World Health Organisation (WHO) 128th Executive Board Meeting, Geneva. Topics on the agenda include the MDGs. Progress reports will be given on climate change and health, working towards universal coverage of maternal and child health interventions and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. 9 - 18 Feb: 49th Session of the Commission for Social Development. SI UN Representatives Lois Beilin and Caroline Themm will attend this session in New York. The priority theme is Poverty Eradication. 20 Feb: World Day of Social Justice 22 Feb – 4 March: CSW55. The theme this year is Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work. SI will be sending a full delegation as well as taking part in or leading at least four workshops. Visit the website during CSW fortnight to keep up to date with all the latest news. 8 March: International Women’s Day. 14 March: Commonwealth Day. The theme this year is ‘Women as Agents of Change’. More information coming soon!


Remember to keep checking the SI Programme Blog for updates on our UN work at http://siprogrammeblog.blogspot.com/. All the reports from UN sessions can be found in full in the members section of the SI website.


programme.assistant@ soroptimistinternational.org


EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Rosie Coutts


executive.director@ soroptimistinternational.org


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