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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

  1. Eliminate poverty and gender discrimination through ensuring women's full social and economic rights
  2. End human trafficking and all forms of violence against women and girls
  3. Ensure access to health care for women and girls
  4. Support programmes and policies that would eliminate HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and other major diseases
  5. Improve access to clean water, sanitation and essential food resources
  6. Mitigate the effects of climate change and integrate sustainability into personal choices and governmental policies and programmes
  7. Meet the needs of women and girls during and after armed conflicts, man-made and natural disasters
  8. Promote peaceful processes for conflict resolution through encouragement of intercultural and inter-racial tolerance and condemnation of all forms of genocide and terrorism
  9. Ensure equal access to education and training throughout their lifespan
  10. Enable women's advancement in management, politics and decision making
This work is coordinated by Ann Greenfield (Sevenoaks)
and subject coordinators

Anne Hudson (Lewes)Environment
Angela Howe (Medway Towns)Domestic Violence
June Bridgeman (Tunbridge Wells)Rail Safety
Ann Greenfield (Sevenoaks)Education

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.