SI Mission and Objectives Soroptimist International is a worldwide organization for women in management and the professions,working through service projects to advance human rights and the status of women. The name 'Soroptimist' derives from the Latin ''sorore'' and ''optima''and means 'the best for women'. Soroptimist International has around 100.000 members in 121 countries. Soroptimist International strives for the Advancement of the Status of Women and Human Rights for all, Equality, Development and Peace through International Goodwill and Understanding and Friendship.
SI encourages it's members to be an active influence for positive change in society.
The European Federation of Soroptimist International sends a permanent representative to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Soroptimist International, a global voice and a global vision, endorses the Platform for Action agreed in Beijing in 1995 and strives through awareness, advocacy and action to promote human rights and the status of women through the education and empowerment of women socially, economically and politically. SI's vision will be achieved through the implementation of service in the 1999-2003 Quadrennial programme Focus. To advance the status and the empowerment of women socially, economically and politically to ensure gender equality. To be actively involved in community welfare, educational and social institutions for women and girls initiated by Soroptimists.