Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Aging
Biodiversity
Children
Climate Change
Crime Prevention
Criminal Justice
Culture
De-mining
Development
Disabled Persons
Drug Control
Economics and Finance
Education
Energy
Environment
Extreme poverty
Family
Food
Habitat
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Indigenous Peoples
Industrial Development
Information
Least Developed Countries
Media
Micro-Credit
Migration
Minority Rights
New Global Institutions
Peace and Security
Population
Refugees
Social Development
Statistics
Trade and Development
Violence
Volunteerism
Water
Women
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Information and communication technologies
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Millennium Development Goals
Service provision
The girl child
Trafficking in women and girls
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Women in power and decision-making
Social Development:
Aging
Poverty
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1984 |
| Organizational structure: |
Soroptimist International, headquartered in Cambridge, UK, is the umbrella organization for Soroptimists worldwide.
Soroptimist International has five Federations:
Americas (SIA)
Europe (SIE)
Great Britain & Ireland (SIGBI)
South West Pacific (SISWP)
The four Federations operate under the SI Constitution, although each Federation has its own internal structure, policies and procedures.
The focus of SI's programme of work, including a major international project, is set for a quadrennial period. The current quadrennium runs from 2011 to 2015. An international convention takes place at the start of each quadrennium.
SI Board Meetings are held annually, usually in August. Individual members are able to apply to their federation to attend certain Board Meetings as silent observers; the number of places available is governed by space at the venue. Federations also send programme voting delegates to the final Board Meeting of each quadrennium, where they will have the opportunity to discuss and vote on the programme focus for SI's work in the next quadrennium. |
| Number and type of members: |
An individual Soroptimist is a member of her club, region/union (depending on her federation structure), her Federation and Soroptimist International (approx. 71,000 worldwide).
SI is governed by a Board comprising two representatives from each of its four federations and four International Officers:
President
Immediate Past President
President-Elect
Treasurer |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
NGO Major Group, Women's Major Group |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
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