Abstracts
Soroptimist by their coined definition means, “Best for women.”
An organization dedicated to assisting women and girls, Soroptimist aims to create true social and economic equality for women and girls. As a public service, Soroptimist provides white papers on various topics relevant to women that can help those who wish to become more educated about issues facing today’s women, or learn what can be done to provide direct assistance to women in need.
Please join us in understanding by reviewing the below readings:
- Balancing work and family
- Breast cancer and low income women
- Domestic violence as a workplace concern
- Gender wage gap
- Putting girls first
- Prostitution is not a choice
- Reaching out to women when disaster strikes
- Teen dating violence
- The new face of slavery
- The plight of child mail-ordered brides
- Women and aging
- Women and cardiovascular disease
- Women and education
- Women and HIV Aids
- Women and poverty
- Women at work

Soroptimist International of the Americas also produces “Where We Stand” Statements to clarify our position on topics around the world.