Every year, SIE hands out awards for top projects in each SI Objective: education, women’s empowerment, violence against women, health and food security, and sustainability. The awards were handed out at the Governors’ Meeting 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Soroptimists can be proud of these phenomenal projects and thousands of women they have helped!
Please see below the list of winners:
SPECIAL SIE BIENNIUM AWARD 2017-2019
Union of Austria
Orange the world campaign 2018
UNION BEST PROJECT
Union of Norway
Soroptimist Nordic Leadership Academy 2018
WINNER EDUCATION
Club of Szeged, Hungary
Be a STEM Star!
WINNER ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Club of Kópavogur, Iceland
Supporting young single and struggling mothers in Kópavogur
WINNER ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Club of Veurne-Westhoek, Belgium
Supporting the collaboration between local police & general welfare work
WINNER HEALTH
Club of Mödling, Austria
Breast Health – “heart pillows” – support for women with breast cancer
WINNER SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
Club of Cotonou Doyen, Benin
Access to drinking water for women’s empowerment in the village of Goutonou
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