BPW Europe 2011

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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.


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


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!


BPW Structure

BPWInternational

North America

Latein America Europe

Italy Switzerland

Clubs

Germany …

Africa Asia/Pacific

5 Regions

Federations

Clubs


An active network for women’s issues!

BPW International


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


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.


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


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.

www.bpw-europe.orgwww.bpw-europe.orgInternational Congress 2008 in Mexico

www.bpw-europe.orgwww.bpw-europe.orgEuropean Congress 2009 in Munich

www.bpw-europe.orgInternational Congress 2011 in Helsinki


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


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)


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


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


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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