Birthing in the Pacific Project

International Day of the Midwife - May 5th 2012

To raise awareness to the Federation project - Birthing in the Pacific,  it is planned to have a "Biggest Baby Shower" event on May 5th 2012, in recogonition of the work midwifes.

Maternal mortality and morbidity can be reduced by increasing the capacity to provide safe and supervised deliveries, improve access to emergency obstetric care and to educate in family planning and reproductive health.

Get Involved!

Plan a themed Baby Shower event, speak to your local midwifes association, find out if there is a University in your area which has a Midwifes training centre, get student nurses and midwifes involved. 

Why ?

Spread awareness of SISWP
Leverage event for Social Media and PR exposure
Encourage new Soroptimist memberships
Increase interest in SISWP specifically amongst midwives and mothers

Find out more - read the Biggest Baby Shower Information Pack

Facebook has launched

President of Soroptimist International South West Pacific Yvonne is pleased to announce that the Federation has launched their own Facebook page - "  this is exciting news for the Federation.  Facebook is another medium which will spread the word about all the awesome work we as Soroptimists do to improve the lives of women and girls in our region"

If you have a Facebook page,  I urge you all to go to the Federation facebook welcome page and LIKE us http://www.facebook.com/soroptimistsouthwestpacific?sk=app_190322544333196

It is important to build up our fan base, by also encouraging your friends to LIKE us.

Come on members and friends, lets shout to the world the awesome work we do.

Soroptimist International was a launch partner for this vital UNIFEM global internet based advocacy campaign which ran until 25 November 2008, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.