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Business & Professional Women
Empowered Women Leading Business
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Our founder: Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips
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1st Conference 1930 in Geneva:163 participants!
Our founders were pioneers!Coming from Austria, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany
Hungary, Italy, UK, USA.
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Goals of BPW are
To advocate and lobby for working women
To ensure equality and equal opportunity
To develop the professional, business and leadership potential of women
To empower women in the ecomony, networking and skill building
To support young women
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What is a Business and Professional Woman like?
Is a leader and rolemodel
Practices lifelong learning
Cultivates friendships
Practices networking, mentoring and lobbying
Thinks and acts on the local, national and international level
Takes responsibility in business, politics or society
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Advocacy for professional women
Professional + personal development
Supportive Network
Learning environment for «practical leadership»
FriendshipsLocal
NationalInternational
All that is BPW!
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BPW Structure
BPWInternational
North America
Latein America Europe
Italy Switzerland
Clubs
Germany …
Africa Asia/Pacific
5 Regions
Federations
Clubs
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An active network for women’s issues!
BPW International
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BPW International has representatives or consultative status:
UNO – ECOSOC
CSW Commission on the status of women
ILO International Labour Organization
EWL European Women‘s Lobby
WHO World Health Organization
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
www.bpw-europe.orgCSW Conference on the Status of Women 2010, New York
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Equal Pay Day is international
Equal Pay Day was initiated in 2009 by BPW International as an international awareness campaign
All across the globe – from Australia to Taiwan, Korea via 13 European countries to Brazil and Canada. All these BPW federations are organizing an equal pay day in their countries.
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Equal Pay Day
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Women’s Empowerment Principles – Equality means Business
An initiative by UN Women and UN Global Compact supported by BPW International to bring Equality to the workplace, marketplace and community.
Quote of George Kell, Executive Director of UN Global
Compact:«BPW brings the voice of women to the economy.»
BPW International developed a toolkit to support the activities for the WEPs
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Women’s Empowerment Principles
1. Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality.
2. Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights and nondiscrimination.
3. Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers.
4. Promote education, training and professional development for women.
5. Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women.
6. Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy.
7. Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality.
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Next Events BPW International
Leaders Summit in New York 24th/25th Februar 2012
2012 European Congress in Sorrento, Italy (28 – 30 September)
2014 International Congress in Jeju, Korea
2016 European Congress in Zuerich, Switzerland
2017 International Congress in Egypt
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You can benefit from all activities and events for your personal and professional development.
BPW on the national and the local level
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Activities on club level
Monthly events: Presentations, speeches and networking
Annually: General assembly Candlelight ceremony
Other activities: Visits to other clubs Participation in national and international
conferences and congresses Taskforces (e. g. Equal Pay Day)
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Mentoring: a program where you can benefit from each other
Each BPW can become a mentor and help other women with her experience and knowledge
Each BPW can become a mentee The mentee needs a specific goal,
and she can have a mentor for one year
Benefits:– Transfering your experiences and
knowledge for support– Learning from each other– Seeing your mentee develop
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BPW: The ideal learning environment
Peer-to-peer learning (from each other) Through rolemodels Learning by doing Just-in-time learning Lifelong learning
– Monthly presentations and events– Workshops at national/international events– Try out and learn new skills
Learning by teaching or mentoring
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Train your leadership skills in BPW!
By taking an office as president or member of the board or leader of a taskforce:
Learn to give speeches and presentations Learn to chair meetings and to delegate tasks Develop strategies for your club and implement them Practice team building Learn to deal with the media to promote your club Represent your club and deal with VIPs Learn conflict management and diplomacy in practice Learn to act as a leader and become a rolemodel
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You can develop your skills on different levels
Local
National
International
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Do not only lay back, …
… the more active you are, the more you get.
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Would you like to have contactsall over the world
or develop your skills?
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