Essays about: "Soroptimist International"

Found 1 essay containing the words Soroptimist International.

  1. 1. Becoming Member, Becoming Sister : Orientating Relationships Between Women in the Soroptimist International Network

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    Author : Ida Maria Börjesson; [2011]
    Keywords : Soroptimist International; International Women s Organization; Service Club; Professional Women; Transnational Advocacy Network; Sisterhood; Solidarity; Affect; Critical Whiteness.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the relationships between women, inside and outside the international women's organization for professionally working women – Soroptimist International – is informed by proximity and distance, which orientates the organization in the direction of a multiculturalism informed by imperial feminism. Focus lies on the organizations use of terms such as “sister” and “professional woman”, and the imagined benefits and responsibilities of being a soroptimist. READ MORE