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Educate to Lead
“Stepping up to help
women and girls move forward!”
Elizabeth M. Lucas
Executive Director & CEO
Soroptimist International of the Americas, Inc.
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SI President
Alice Wells
SIA
Secretary/treasurer
Cheri Fleming
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SI Quadrennial Projects
• 2007 – 2011- Project SIerra
• 2003 – 2007 – Project Independence:
Women Survivors of War
• 1999 – 2003 – Limbs for Life: A Project for
victims of land mines
• 1995 – 1999 – Project S.I.A.M. : Soroptimist
International AIDS Mediation
• 1991 – 1995 – Soroptimist International and
Sight Savers – working for Children in
Bangladesh
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Project SIerra
A Family and A Future
• In partnership with Hope and
Homes for Children and Help A
Needy Child in Sierra Leone
• 129 young mothers have
completed their education or
vocational training.
• 200 families have been stabilized.
• 48 former street children
reconciled with their families.
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What is “Educate to Lead?”
• A Soroptimist-wide, long term program to
increase access to education and leadership
for women and girls
• Program intended to culminate in 2021 on
our 100th anniversary.
• Replaces the well-known “Quadrennial
Projects”
• This is a focus…not a project
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How was Educate to Lead
selected?
Total
no.
Clubs
1402
796
57%
287
36%
SISWP
138
134
97%
15
11%
119
89%
0
SIGBI
361
247
68%
57
23%
179
72%
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1262
3163
1059
2236
84%
71%
212
571
20%
26%
847
80%
1653
74%
0
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SIE
TOTAL
%
% voting
total
% voting
total
64%
Abstain/
voted for
both
No. Clubs
E&L
508
SIA
No. Clubs
voting
No.
Clubs
VAW
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• 71% of Clubs worldwide participated in this voting process
• Federation returns ranged from 57% to 97%
• Overall, 74% of voting Clubs chose Education and
Leadership
• 1653 Clubs voted for Education and Leadership.
• Federation returns for Education and Leadership ranged
from 64% (SIA) to 89% (SISWP)
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E 3 The Soroptimist
Model
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Educate
• Educate women and girls by increasing
their access to the skills necessary to
take on whatever challenge they desire –
from basic literacy to running in
elections and everything in between.
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Empower
• Empower women with confidence and
choice, giving them the tools necessary
to achieve their fullest potential.
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Enable
• Enable opportunities for women and
girls to use their skills and confidence as
leaders and role models.
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SI Program focus tools
• Global Impact Report – compiled from
Program Focus Reports submitted by all clubs
• SI representation at United Nations centers
• President’s Appeal
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Global Impact Report
• Access the report at:
www.soroptimistinternational.org/resources/
global-impact.
• What are we already doing? (according to
Program Focus Reports submitted and SIA’s
Award Data)
• Celebrate what Soroptimists around the world
can collectively achieve!
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Soroptimist at the
United Nations
• Supported representatives at UN centers around the world
• Advocated on behalf of the women and girls to increase access to
education and leadership
• Submitted written statements on education and leadership
– 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
– 2011 Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) High Level Segment
• Spearheaded two workshops on access to education at CSW 55
• Delivered an oral statement at this year’s CSW in partnership with the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and the World Young
Women's Christian Association, on the relationship between violence
against girls and young women and barriers in access to education
– 192 heads of state heard our voice, representing all of the women and girls
with whom we work at local level
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President’s Appeals
• The President's Appeals will benefit
Soroptimist projects around the world
using education, empowerment, and
enabling opportunities to address issues
threatening women and girls.
• The 2012 President’s Appeal is “Birthing
in the Pacific”
– Educating and training birth attendants to
prevent needless maternal death and disability
in Papua, New Guinea.
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SIA
Meeting the Goals of
“Educate to Lead”
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Why Education?
 Education results in social and economic advancement
 Benefits particularly advantageous for women
 Uneducated women are left without options
 Uneducated women are far more likely to be trapped by
poverty and exploitation
 Education of women is essential to the survival of future
generations
 Educated women are more likely to enter the formal labor
market, learn what they and their children need to do to stay
healthy, and are more likely to send their children to school
 Universal education must be viewed as an absolute necessity
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Women’s Opportunity Award
 SIA’s signature women’s education project began in
1972
 Assist women, who are typically the primary source of
financial support to their families, access education
 Each year, more than $1.5 million is disbursed through
cash awards at various levels of the organization.
 More than $25 million has been disbursed in 40 years
 In 2010-11, 1037 clubs participated and provided awards
to 1,221 women
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 A joint project of Soroptimist International of
the Americas and Soroptimist International of
Europe
 Request or offer support for Soroptimist
projects
 Matches resources between clubs
 Enables Soroptimist clubs to work together
regardless of Federation affiliation.
 Check out www.soroptimistprojects.org
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SIA White Paper
Women and Education
 Read about how
schooling impacts a
woman's financial status,
health and social wellbeing, and what can be
done to end gender
disparity in education.
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Everyone Wins!!!
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SI
SIA
Region
Club
Community
Women
Girls
YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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