One in 3 women and girls may be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in their lifetime

Who is eligible?

To be eligible to be invited to membership, a woman should be working in a profession or business or other occupation of comparable status or responsibility. Recently retired or women temporarily or permanently out of work from a profession or business, and those embarking on a career are also eligible.

How to join

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Become a member

Soroptimist International is a worldwide service organization for women in management and the professions, with more than 3,000 clubs in 126 countries/territories. Soroptimist International is now the world's largest classified service organization for women, with each Club representing a wide range of occupations, talents and interests.

Soroptimists work through service projects to advance human rights and the status of women. They come from a wide diversity of cultures and circumstances. They are, however, dedicated to a unity of ideals and objects:

• the advancement of the status of women
• high ethical standards
• human rights for all
• equality, development and peace through international goodwill and understanding and friendship