Soroptimist International - Thames Valley

Human Rights' Day 2010

On December 11 SI Thames Valley club, whose member Johanna Raffan is this year's President, welcomed around 80 Soroptimists from sister clubs throughout the London Chilterns' Region when it hosted the Soroptimist International London Chilterns' Region Human Rights Celebration. They met to mark Human Rights Day and raise awareness of human rights throughout the world with speakers on the theme of Human Rights across society.

The photograph shows Rosie Moriba, a midwife from Sierra Leone, and a member of Thames Valley Club. Rosie described conditions in her own area of expertise, with special reference to women's rights in childbirth. Soroptimist International of Thames Valley supports Rosie's Rice Field, a project organised by Rosie in her home village in Sierra Leone to help women in the local villages grow rice, peanuts, sweet potatoes and cassava to eat and sell. The money raised helps girls go to school and become literate.

 

Rose Moriba speaking on Human Rights

 

Rev Terrie Robinson speaking on Human Rights

Judith Eyre, a barrister, and the Rev Terrie Robinson (pictured) also spoke to us about how they interpret human rights in their work.

The fourth speaker was a Ranger Guide member of The Girl Guides (now known as Girlguiding UK) who spoke on what Human Rights meant to her and her sister Rangers.


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