Soroptimist International is a worldwide service organization for women. We are committed to a world where women and girls together achieve their individual and collective potential, realize aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong, peaceful communities worldwide. Over 3,000 Soroptimist International clubs, 80,000 members in 132 countries and territories work to Educate, Empower, and
Enable opportunities for women and girls in their communities and beyond. We are proud to be bringing this organization to Kuwait through the Chartering of the Soroptimist International Club Kuwait. (for further details please see www. Soroptimisteurope.org and
www.soroptimistinternational.org)
VISION
Soroptimist International is committed to a world where women and girls work together to:
• Achieve their individual and collective potential
• Realize aspirations
• Have an equal voice in creating strong, peaceful communities worldwide
MISSION
Soroptimists inspire action and create opportunities to transform the lives of women and girls through a global network of members and international partnerships. GLOBAL ACTION
Soroptimist clubs undertake a wide range of projects depending on local need but the following objectives underpin our work:
1. Increasing access to formal and non-formal learning opportunities.
2. Improving access to economic empowerment and sustainable opportunities for the employment of women.
3. Eliminating violence against women and girls and ensuring women’s participation in conflict resolution.
4. Ensuring women and girls have food security and access to the highest attainable standards of health care.
5. Addressing the specific needs of women and girls by improving environmental sustainability and mitigating effects of climate change and disasters. GLOBAL VOICE
Soroptimist International works with international networks and partners, such as the United Nations and its agencies, the Commonwealth, and the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), to ensure that the needs of women and girls are represented in global policy and agenda-setting. SI holds General Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council, (ECOSOC) and official relations with several agencies and technical bodies and a network of permanent SI representatives at all of the major UN centers:
• UN Women (the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women), New York.
• Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), New York.
• Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), New York.
• Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination
Against Women (CEDAW), New York.
• Department of Public Information Non-Governmental
Organizations (DPI/NGO), New York.
• World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva.
• Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
Geneva.
• Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),
Geneva.
• International Labor Organization (ILO), Geneva.
• Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the UN World Food
Program (WFP), Rome.
• UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna.
• UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna.
• UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
Paris.
• UN Environmental Program (UNEP), Nairobi.
• Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN.
