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Soroptimist International
Club München-Schwabing
Club München - Schwabing
Founded in 1921 in Oakland/California, this globally active NGO (non-governmental organisation) with consultative status at the United Nations/UNESCO currently has around 70,000 members in 118 countries.
Our Club currently has 27 members. We meet every second Tuesdays each month at 7:00 pm. If necessary, our club evenings are also held online.
If you are interested in our activities, our club life or would like to become part of one of the largest worldwide women's organizations, please feel free to contact us.
New elections at the Bavarian State Women's Council
On April 8, 2025 in Munich, delegates from the 58 member associations and the parties in the Bavarian state parliament elected the president and executive committee of the Bavarian LFR for the next four years. Our club sister Monika Maier-Pojda was re-elected as President.
She is supported by the newly elected Executive Committee.
Monika has been actively campaigning for women and their equality for years. As in the last four years of her presidency, she would like to continue her successful commitment with the following topics:
- For better equality between women and men
- Against misogynistic and anti-democratic tendencies
- For more representation of women in politics
The very recommendable podcast of the bay. LFR
RECOGNIZING, NAMING AND FIGHTING SEXISM
Dates and Times
Tuesday, Mai 13th 2025 at 7.pm
Hooray, the SI Club Munich-Schwabing turns 50!
Discussion evening in preparation for our club celebration
Internal event
Tuesday, June 17th2025 at 7pm
Annual General Meeting and election of the new Board of Directors
Internal event
Tuesday, June 17th 2025 at 7pm
"Ein gut Theil Eigenheit"
Life paths of early female archaeologists with appreciation
Guided tour
Katharina von Bora-Str. 10, München
What topics are currently on our minds at the club?
Heroes Muenchen:
Boys and young men against violence against women
Our November club evening is traditionally always dedicated to an Orange Days theme.
“Heroes - against repression in the name of honor” is an AWO Munich initiative aimed at young men with a family history of migration.
Project manager Anna Königstein talked about the origins and development of this project. Group leader Tayfun Samli and two Heroes then gave a very vivid account of their practical work in the project and with school classes. They use role-playing games to talk to pupils from grade 9 upwards about prejudices, patriarchal structures, role models, love/relationships, human rights, feminism and a whole lot more. The demand from schools is huge and the waiting lists are long.
The interest of the club sisters and guests in the topic was very high, as there are relatively few projects for young men compared to the many good projects in the area of girls' work. Everyone was impressed by the commitment of the young men, which after all, also helps girls and women preventively.
Sisters, should prostitution have a prosperous future in Germany?
At one of our last club evenings, we heard a very convincing plea for the so-called "Nordic Model", which is used in Scandinavia to enforce the criminalisation of sex buyers, pimps and brothel operators.
Liane Bissinger and Dr. Inge Kleine from KOFRA (Communication Centre for Women in Work and Life) gave us an insight into the state of the discussion. Contrary to what is often claimed, the legislative changes of 2002 and 2017 have not improved the situation of prostitutes in Germany, on the contrary, they have massively worsened it and made Germany the brothel of Europe.
How should this now look in the future? Laws are legal norms: They determine how something has to be. The current legislation promotes prostitution and in particular leads to sex buyers being able to consider themselves law-abiding.
Feelings of shame due to deliberate violations of norms are either not built up in the first place (young clients) or greatly reduced by the lack of social sanctions and the assumption that they are 'only' using a completely legal service.
In addition, prostitution is a flourishing business in which everyone earns a lot of money, at the expense of the people who have to prostitute themselves and are usually suffering and traumatised. Is this really how it is supposed to go on??
Is this what we want or is it not time for a paradigm shift?
Soroptimist International
A global Voice for Women
01 Who are we?
SI unites women from all continents, cultures and professions to work to improve the lives of women and girls worldwide and to contribute to better global understanding.
It is the world's largest service organisation of professional women with a socio-political commitment.
The organisation therefore provides a global professional and social network through its members and through international partnerships.
Worldwide, SI is represented in 118 countries with around 70.000 members in 2.900 clubs.
Soroptimist International Germany (SID) currently consists of 224 clubs with over 6.700 members.
02 What do we do?
Soroptimists campaign worldwide at local, national and international level for the rights and improvement of the living conditions of women and girls.
They deal with issues concerning the legal, social and professional status of women and represent the position of women in public discussions.
More than 4,000 projects in Europe alone generate donations of around six million euros per year.
Around 1.5 million euros flow into social projects at home and abroad every year thanks to the voluntary commitment of Soroptimists in Germany.
Soroptimist International - Vision - Mission - Werte
01 Vision
women and girls:
- are able to realise their individual and collective potential and achieve the goals they set out to achieve
- are not subjected to physical or psychological violence
- have unhindered access to education
- can strive for economic independence without hindrance
- have unhindered access to health care and adequate nutrition
- Be heard as an equal voice in efforts to build a more just and peaceful world.
02 Mission
03 Values
and values:
- Human rights for everybody
- Gender equality
- Striving for global peace and international understanding
- Promoting the potential of women
- Promoting integrity and democratic decision-making
- Volunteering, diversity and friendship.
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