Local MEP speaks at Soroptomists International dinner in Branston
November 17, 2008 9:10 AM
Local MEP speaks at Soroptomist International dinner in Branston
Liz Lynne, the LibDem MEP for Burton and the West Midlands, spoke to a meeting of the Burton branch of Soroptomist International last night at a meeting at Branston Golf and Country Club in Branston near Burton.
The MEP, who is the Vice- President of the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee as well as a Member of the Parliament's Sub- Committee on Human Rights, spoke to the group about her work in the European Parliament on a wide range of issues including anti-discrimination and human trafficking.
Soroptomist International is an organisation of professional women that seeks to advance, through various projects, the cause of human rights and the status of women around the world. Their monthly dinner meeting is designed to inform members of the organisation's successes over the past year.
Speaking at the dinner Liz highlighted the importance of the work undertaken by Soroptomist International:
"I am very pleased to have been invited to address Soroptomist International, the work they do in helping women all over the world is of fundamental importance to the spread of equality and human rights.
"I have, for many years, been fighting to end the horrendous practice of human trafficking that has seen an estimated 2 million women and children forced into prostitution or domestic servitude world wide. There are still between 1000 - 4000 cases of women and children beings being trafficked into the UK every single year and many are forced into the sex trade.
"Groups such as Soroptomist International play a vital role in helping end this suffering and I truly hope that they will continue their work to help make the world a fairer, more humane place."
Jane Bristow, the President of the Burton branch of the group added:
"We are delighted to have had Liz Lynne here today and to be given the opportunity to hear about the work she has been doing in the fields of equality and human rights.
Soroptomist International is committed to bringing about the change needed to ensure that women are treated with dignity, compassion and respect no matter whether they are in the UK, the rest of the EU or the world as a whole."
Regional Chair of Soroptomist International, Pauline Wright said:
"Soroptimist International is the largest service organisation for women in the world, yet few people really know who we are and what we do.. If we are to be able to continue all our good work and make a significant impact on the way women and girls are treated around the world, then we need to raise our profile, let more people know what we do and what we stand for.
"That is why it has been so good to have Liz Lynne here today, to get an insight into our work and hopefully be able to assist us in addressing the issues affecting women and girls today, and to create a better world for future generations."
ENDS
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