PRESS RELEASE
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Soroptimists from (Club, Region, National Association or Country) mark World Aids Day
World AIDS Day is held on the 1st December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day, held for the first time in 1988.
Soroptimists from SI [insert Club, Region, National Association or country] [took actions x,y z] as part of their mission to inspire action and transform the lives of women and girls world-wide are taking part in [details about your World Aids Day activity].
[Insert information about the campaign this year, what is the theme and why it is important]
Soroptimist (Add name) says [Add a quote from a member e.g.[‘XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX’] [Add your contact details: name, e-mail and phone numbers] .
Notes to Editors
1. Web and Social Media addresses:
www.sigbi.org – Soroptimist International Great Britain & Ireland (SIGBI)
www.soroptimistinternational.org – Soroptimist International
www.facebook.com/SoroptimistSIGBI/ - SIGBI Facebook
www.twitter.com/SIGBI1 - SIGBI Twitter
www.un.org – United Nations
Add your own Club/Region/NA/Network email and facebook/twitter addresses
2. Please give details of opportunities for photographs and interviews or include any photographs of the event, saying who, what, when and where.
3. Soroptimist International is a leading global women's voluntary organisation. Ithas close to 90,000 members in more than 3,000 clubsin over 100 countries around the world. The Federation of Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) has members in more than 350 clubs in 29 countries including the British Isles, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Malta.
4. Soroptimists inspire action and create opportunities to transform the lives of women and girls through a global network of members and international partnerships. Soroptimistsare committed to a world where women and girls together achieve their individual and collective potential, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong and peaceful communities worldwide.
5. Soroptimists focus on transforming the lives of women and girls, locally, nationally and globally, through education, empowerment and enabling initiatives. Soroptimists make a difference to the lives of more than half a million women and girls in the world every year.
6. Soroptimist International Great Britain & Ireland is an organisation in Special Consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) since July 2013. This is in addition to the General Consultative status held by the umbrella organisation Soroptimist International. Soroptimist International is a recognised Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) representing women from all over the world.
7. For more information about Soroptimist International, or this Press Release, please contact name and contact details of the PR officer for the Club/ Region/ National Association / Network or Soroptimist International of Great Britain & Ireland (SIGBI) on 0161 480 7686, email website www.sigbi.org
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