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Programme Action
Each club in the region tries to support one or more of the Programme Focus goals for 2007-2011
Goals
Soroptimists will ensure that women and girls
- Enjoy equity and equality
- Live in safe and healthy environments
- Have access to education
- Have leadership and practical skills
Objectives
- Eliminate poverty and gender discrimination through ensuring women's full social and economic rights
- End human trafficking and all forms of violence against women and girls
- Ensure access to health care for women and girls
- Support programmes and policies that would eliminate HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and other major diseases
- Improve access to clean water, sanitation and essential food resources
- Mitigate the effects of climate change and integrate sustainability into personal choices and governmental policies and programmes
- Meet the needs of women and girls during and after armed conflicts, man-made and natural disasters
- Promote peaceful processes for conflict resolution through encouragement of intercultural and inter-racial tolerance and condemnation of all forms of genocide and terrorism
- Ensure equal access to education and training throughout their lifespan
- Enable women's advancement in management, politics and decision making
This work is coordinated by Ann Greenfield (Sevenoaks)
and subject coordinators
Quadrennial Projects
For 2003-2007 we supported Project Independence
For 2007-2011 we are supporting Project Sierra
The first Regional Event, Exploring Pooh Country on Ashdown Forest", was held on 29th September 2007 and has so far raised around £800.
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