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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 fourth Tuesday of the 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 Women Board Members
At the Christmas party in December, the handover of office to the new board was completed.
The outgoing board said goodbye, thanked all club members for their support over the past two years and now placed the club's fate in the hands of Dr. Susanne Pfisterer-Haas and her board team.
The handover of office symbolises both continuity and innovation. The new Board will continue the old and the tried and tested, but will also lead our club with new ideas and a fresh perspective.
We look forward to a promising time in our club under the leadership of the new President and her entire Board team.
Good luck, Susanne!
Dates and times
Tuesday, February 27th 2024 at 19.00h
Lecture
Wonder Woman
or what comics have to do with the history of feminism
Dr. Charlotte Lerg
Tuesday 26.03.2024 at 19.00h
Lecture
Intercultural education projects for young people and women
Eva Haller (Präsidentin EJKA)
Europäische Janusz Korczak Akademie
Dienstag 23.04.2024 um 19.00h
Vortrag
Development tendencies of contemporary German
Dr. Susanne Uhmann
What topics are currently on our minds at the club?
Orange Days 2023
In November 2023, a variety of events against violence against women took place around the world and also in Munich. The Orange Days provide a platform to talk about violence against women and sensitise society to this issue.
Every day, women - including in Germany - are threatened by violence simply because they are women. And the trend is rising. One of the most dangerous places for women is their personal environment. In Germany in 2022, 146 women were killed by their (ex) partner, i.e. one woman every third day. This is not acceptable!
We once again took part in the Orange Days with various activities to draw attention to the problem of violence against women and raise awareness of this serious issue.
We showed the Iranian film 'Holy Spider' by Ali Abbasi, invited people to an information event with chief detective Andrea Kleim on the topic of 'Domestic violence and stalking' and organised a church service on this topic together with the specialist unit for sexualised violence in the Protestant Church of Bavaria.
Stop violence against women!
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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