BPW Europe 2011 Von Sabine Schmelzer am Feb 12, 2012 Bearbeiten 2,715 Views The International Federation of Business and Professional Women is an influential international network of business and professional women from over 90 countries in 5 continents with Consultative Status at ECOSOC/United Nations. Founded in 1930, BPW International develops the professional, leadership and business potential of women on all levels through our mentoring, networking, skill building and economic empowerment programs and projects around the world. Visit our website at: www.bpw-international.org and bpw-europe.org

1. Empowered Women
Leading Business
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2. Our founder: Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips
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3. 1st Conference 1930 in Geneva:
163 participants!
Our founders were pioneers!
Coming from Austria, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany
Hungary, Italy, UK, USA. www.bpw-europe.org

4. Our Vision and Mission
Vision
• To achieve a just and equal status for women where
decisions are taken in true partnership with men, based on
mutual respect, for a more balanced and peaceful world.
Mission
• BPW International develops the business, professional and
leadership potential of women on all levels through
advocacy, education, mentoring, networking, skill building,
UN participation and economic empowerment programmes
and projects around the world.
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5. Structure of BPW
BPW
International
North Latin Asia/
America America Europe Africa
Pacific
5 Regions
Switzer-
Italy Germany France
land
Federations
Young
BPW
(up to 35)
280
Clubs 40 Clubs
Clubs
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6. Goals of BPW
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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7. What is a Business and
Professional Woman like?
Takes responsibility in business, politics or society
Thinks and acts on the local, national and international level
Practices networking, mentoring and lobbying
Cultivates friendships
Practices lifelong learning
Is a leader and rolemodel
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8. Advocacy for
professional women
Local Professional +
Friendships
personal development
International National
Learning environment
Supportive
for «practical
Network
leadership»
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9. You can develop your skills on
different levels
We can lobby on
International
these levels!
National
Many learning
opportunities for Local
Young BPWs!
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10. BPW International
Executive Board 2011 - 2014
Triennium Theme:
Empowered Women Leading Business
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11. 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
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12. www.bpw-europe.org
CSW Conference on the Status of Women 2010, New York

13. BPW International Awareness
Campaign: Equal Pay Day
 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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14. Women’s Empowerment Principles –
Equality means Business
 An initiative by UN Women and  BPW International developed
UN Global Compact supported a toolkit to support the
by BPW International to bring activities for the WEPs
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 Federations and Clubs
are promoting the WEPs
worldwide.
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15. 7 Women’s Empowerment
Principles
1. Establish high-
Sign CEO level corporate
Statement leadership for
gender equality.
2. Treat all women and 3. Ensure the health, 4. Promote education,
men fairly at work –
safety and well- training and
respect and support
human rights and being of all women professional
and men workers. development for women.
nondiscrimination.
5. Implement
enterprise 6. Promote equality 7. Measure and
development, supply through community publicly report on
chain and marketing initiatives and progress to achieve
practices that empower advocacy. gender equality.
women.
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16. International Congress 2011 in Helsinki www.bpw-europe.org

17. Next BPW International Events
 1- 2 March 2013
Leaders Summit in
New York
 23 – 27 May 2014
International
Congress in Jeju,
Korea
 2016 European
Congress in Zuerich,
Switzerland
 2017 International
Congress in Egypt
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18. BPW
Europe
The largest
Region of
BPW
International
(appr. 20000
members)
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19. BPW Europe
European Coordinator and members of ECC
Alexandra Preuss-Ribaric Giuseppa Bombaci Sabine Schmelzer Miette Dechelle
BPW Germany BPW Italy BPW Switzerland BPW Belgium
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20. Equal Pay Day in Europe
started by BPW (2008 – 2012)
Equal Pay Day
in 16 countries
up to now.
Number of
activities
increased every
year.
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21. Participate in the annual
European Event in Brussels
 Networking and
Training Day open
for all members on
3 May 2013
 Presidents meeting
for National
Presidents and
Delegates on 4/5
May 2013
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European Congress 2012 in Sorrento

23. What BPW offers you
on the local and
national level
You can benefit from all activities and
events for your personal and
professional development.
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24. 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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25. 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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26. 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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27. 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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28. Do not only lay back, …
… the more active you are,
the more you get.
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29. Would you like to have contacts
all over the world
or develop your skills?
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www.bpw-international.org
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