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EducationSoroptimists, educate, empower, enable women and children to pursue lifelong learning and is a means to eradicate and prevent violence against women.
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Education empowers women and girls to realize their potential and support themselves
Education also enables women and children to pursue lifelong learning and is a means to eradicate and prevent violence against women.
It also enables women and children to pursue lifelong learning and is a means to eradicate and prevent violence against women. Soroptimists implement thousands of projects which further education or provide vocational training. And in a single year, Soroptimist International of Europe awards some 1600 scholarships to women and girls.
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The concept of literacy goes well beyond simply knowing how to read
Girls Home
Friends Who Care: Girls’ Home Support – We worked with the Ministry of Social Affairs and the girls to understand what they needed most. We worked with the Ministry of Social Affairs and the girls to understand what they needed most. The premises needed repairs,...
Women in Science
The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) was established in 1989 to promote women’s participation in Science and Technology (S&T) in developing countries and to recognize their contributions and achievements. The Organization...
What can Soroptimists do?
ERADICATION OF GENDER BASED ILLITERACY
Literacy enables women to pursue knowledge, independent and teaches women their rights we also help women to cope with the changes in their societies and enable them to think critically
EDUCATE WOMEN AND GIRLS TO BE LEADERS
Empowered educated women fulfil their potential to become leaders, access tertiary quality education, access economic power and obtain gender equality in professions and attain sustainable employment opportunities
EDUCATION AS A MEAN AND TOOL TO DEFEAT VIOLENCE
Educate women to raise their voice, take their space in conflict resolutions, refuse genital mutilation and child marriage for their girl child and educate women to fight stereotype generating violence
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Women’s Education
Women constitute more than 60% of the world’s population which ought to place them as pacesetters in education. Sadly, in some countries, girl-child education is neglected due to cultural beliefs. Women are seen as only relevant in the kitchen and for procreation purpose. History has proven that “If you educate a man, you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a nation”
– Soroptimist Kuwait
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