Voting Members.

Voting members at the international level shall be members of the Zonta International Board, past international presidents, governors and delegates from each club in good standing.     

(a) Clubs.             

(1) Each club of Zonta International shall be entitled to one delegate and alternate.

(2) If the membership of any club, based upon the dues payment through 1 March, exceeds 30 members, the club shall be entitled to a second delegate and alternate.

(3) If the membership exceeds 60 members, the club shall be entitled to a third delegate and alternate.

(4) A delegate may carry the total votes to which the club is entitled.

(5) A member of the Zonta International Board shall not be a club delegate or alternate.  

(b) Proxies. Any club may be represented by proxy.            

(1) A club choosing to be represented by proxy shall be entitled to its total votes by proxy.

(2) A club may carry the proxy votes from two other clubs except that the total votes carried by one club may not exceed five.

(3) A club with a delegate, who must leave an in-person voting event due to an emergency, may give a proxy to a delegate of another club.  

Join Zonta at CSW68 virtually or in-person

There is still time to join your fellow Zontians at the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), 11-22 March in New York either in-person or virtually. This year's priority theme is "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective."

Did you know?

• Women and girls in fragile countries and areas are 7.7 times more likely to live in extreme poverty or on less than $2.15 a day.
• In the worst-case climate scenario, an additional 158.3 million women and girls could be pushed into poverty by 2050.
• Currently, 10.3 per cent of women worldwide are living in extreme poverty

On 12 January, the Secretary General released his report on accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective. The link to the Secretary General Report for CSW68 can be found here. 

Celebrate Rose Day with a tribute

Rose Day, 8 March, is quickly approaching. It is the perfect opportunity for all of us to reflect on past achievements and give tribute to honor the current efforts of those working toward gender equity.

Important Dates

• 27 February: Zonta Spirit webinars | 10:00 AM CST | 4:00 PM CST
• 29 February: Deadline for the Zonta Excellence in Service and Advocacy Awards
• 29 February: Deadline for the Zonta Says NOW Virtual Art Gallery
• 8 March: Zonta Rose Day
• 8 March: International Women's Day
• 11-22 March: 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women

15 March: Early Bird Registration closes for Convention

The16 Days of Activism campaign is successfully done and I know all of our clubs have participated. Thank you for all the great activities and I was deeply impressed of your commitment and power to this important issue. Please feel free to tag me on your Club's Facebook page or other social media posts so I can get the latest news of your club activities- and don’t forget to use the hashtag #zonta14 every time!

Thanks to the 4 Area Directors, Committee Chairs and Committee Members for all their great work!

A special thanks goes to the "Communication for Greater Visibility" committee. We can now regularly follow the activities across our district via social media on Facebook and Instagramand the website.

Please send regularly your club activities with photos and a short text to our District's Communication for Greater Visibility committee!

What is NGO CSW Forum and what is UN CSW?

What are this year’s themes?

Priority theme: Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls

Review theme: Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls (agreed conclusions of the sixty-second session).

If interested, please fill out this form and you will be added to a contact list through which key conference information will be communicated by Zonta International Headquarters.

We are all committed working to 
Build a Better World for Women and Girls.

Save the dates:

11 February 2023

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science was established in 2015 to help achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

March 24-26, 2023 that will be held in Opatija, Croatia 

Area 03 Meeting

March 10-11, 2023 the exact location will be announced. Organizer will be ZC Fünfseenland

Set in the finance metropole of Germany, this 9th European Inter-District Seminar in Frankfurt am Main aims to explore a wide variety of financial questions relevant to women, NGOs and society in tomorrow's digital world. Frankfurt offers the unique combination of high-tech finance environment deeply embedded in one of Germany's oldest cities with a rich history in architecture, art and trade.

Join District 28 as they host a weekend of inspiring panel discussions and workshops with female entrepreneurs and leaders at the edge of a new digital era. I will be there and I hope we will meet each other! 

Registration

66th Zonta International Convention Brisbane 2024

June 25, 2024 – June 28, 2024

President Ute Scholz, Executive Director Allison Summers, Convention Chair Judy Gorton and Convention Committee member Jane Adornetto have visited Brisbane City to prepare the Convention 2024. As I hear more from the Committee I’ll let you know.