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Soroptimist International of Woodland is a service group comprised of women at their best, working to help other women to be their best. Through volunteer work and fundraising we provide women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment.
Educated women and girls are less vulnerable to traffickers, more likely to leave a domestic violence situation and not return, able to access health care, less likely to live in poverty, and able to raise stronger and healthier families.
Chartered in 1946, Soroptimist International of Woodland is one of the oldest Soroptimist clubs in Yolo County. This club is a member of District II of the Sierra Nevada Region within the Soroptimist International of the Americas Federation.
The name Soroptimist was coined from the Latin "soror" meaning "sister", and "optima" meaning "best". Soroptimist, loosely translated, means “best for women”. First founded by a group of 80 women in Oakland, California, in 1921, Soroptimist is now an organization of more than 160,000 members, with more than 3,000 clubs in 121 countries and territories around the world. Every day throughout the world, Soroptimists continue their work to achieve the “best for women” in every sphere of their lives.
Soroptimist International is now a worldwide service organization of professional business women working to advance human rights. Soroptimist International also has consultative status with the United Nations' Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which oversees U.N. activities and policies promoting human rights. Representatives from Soroptimist International can request agenda items, submit written statements for circulation to all members of the council, make oral statements at meetings, and contribute to other U.N. gatherings and seminars. Soroptimist representatives are volunteers and work in one of the seven U.N. centers in New York, Paris, Vienna, Rome, Nairobi, Bangkok, or Geneva. It is in this forum that Soroptimist representatives can advocate for the Soroptimist mission of improving the lives of women and girls.
