Soroptimist International (SI) was founded in 1921, in Oakland California, USA.

The word ‘Soroptimist’ is derived from two Latin words:

SORO – Sister

OPTIMA – The Best

An appropriate interpretation would:

Woman at their BEST, helping other women to maximize their potential.

SI is a worldwide organisation with more than 3,000 clubs in 125 countries and it has a membership of almost 100,000. It is an organisation of classified service clubs for women with members representing the whole spectrum of professions and management, both in business and the public sector.

It is a Global Voice for women with Awareness, Advocacy and Action as its guiding principles.

Soroptimist International of Singapore (Garden City) was established as the Second Club of Soroptimist International of Singapore on 8 June 2006.

We comes under the umbrella of Soroptimist International of the South West Pacific.