✝︎ Judith van Unen, BPW Australia President 2000-2004
June 21, 2022Judith was a force of nature, a large woman in every sense, with the warmest, most infectious laugh, which she could direct at all the absurdities of life, especially when it was most threatening. Her reaction to the death sentence she was given in 2019 was to invite everyone to high tea in honor...
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BPW Switzerland National Conference & 75th Anniversary
June 18, 2022Foto: Brigitte Rindlisbacher, BPW Bern BPW Switzerland National Conference 11 May 2022 in Lausanne At its delegates' meeting, BPW Switzerland was also able to celebrate its 75th anniversary. In my speech, I brought the greetings of BPW International to this great Federation in Europe. The history...
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Regional Conference Europe Reykjavik – International President’s Opening Speech
June 17, 2022On behalf of BPW International I welcome you all to the first of our five Regional Conferences which are going to be held during the Triennium 2021-2024. I would like to express my special thanks to the local organizers. It is a great achievement for an affiliate Club to organize such a big...
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Invitation to the Leaders’ Summit in Reykjavik – 27 May 2022
May 18, 2022Invitation to the Leaders’ Summit on Friday, 27 May 2022 Dear participants of the European Conference in Reykjavik Thank you for your conference registration. At each Regional Conference BPW International offers an interactive Leaders’ Summit to all participants: During which we...
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Visit to FIDAPA District North-East in Verona
May 16, 2022Visit to FIDAPA District of North-East in Verona with the National President Italy and the International President 14 May 2022 Comparison of the National and the International Constitutions, followed by a Candle Lighting Ceremony. This educational meeting was very fruitful. The president of the...
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Meeting with District Centro in Orvieto
May 10, 2022Meeting with District Centro in Orvieto At the invitation of the District President, Dr. Anna Maria Turchetti, the International President together with the Vice-President Membership, Dr. Giuseppina Seidita, and the Treasurer, Dr. Eufemia Ippolito (online), organized a training morning in which the...
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✝︎ Tuulikki Juusela – BPW Finland
May 7, 2022✝︎ Tuulikki Juusela - BPW International President 1985-1989 On May 6th we were all sad to receive the news of the passing of Tuulikki Juusela, aged 81, after a short illness. Tuulikki was the 14th BPW International President serving two terms from 1985 – 1989. At the time of...
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Earth Day in Rome
May 2, 2022On the occasion of Earth Day, Club Rome organized a conference at the University of Roma III entitled Breath of Life. Specialists spoke on key threats to the sea, the air and the earth. The conference was attended by Italian President Fiammetta Perrone and International President Dr Catherine...
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BPW Made a Difference – Support for BPW Lebanon after the Explosion in 2020
April 22, 2022After the terrible explosion in Beirut, BPW International launched a campaign to collect money for the people who had lost their homes. BPW Australia showed its sympathy and solidarity by donating a 40ft. container of 93 sewing machines, 420 rolls of textiles and 265 cardboard boxes of...
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Executive Board Meeting 2022
April 21, 2022BPW International Executive Board Meeting 2022 The BPW International Executive Board will this year again meet personally in Saanenmöser, Switzerland, on October 1-8, 2022. Video Message from the meeting 2021 to BPW Switzerland's General Assembly Watch the following video from the Executive Board...
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My Visits in Italy – March 2022
April 5, 2022Workshop with the District South-East, FIDAPA, at the University in Bari on March 25, 2022 Maria Nuccio, the President of the District South-East of BPW Italy, invited the President to a workshop at the University of Bari where also the National President, Fiammetta Perrone, was present. BPW...
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BPW International News #3/2022
March 20, 2022BPW International News #3 just released. Read it here in English. Find it in all languages in the Newsletter Archive. Subscribe to the mailing list!
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✝︎ Arlette Neyens – BPW Argentina
March 18, 2022✝︎ Arlette Neyens - Past President of BPW Argentina Arlette Neyens departed from us in February 2022 at the age of 85. She graduated in Humanities in Buenos Aires, later became Director for Culture of Bariloche and Secretary for culture in the Province of Rio Negro. In BPW International she...
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International Women’s Day 2022 – President’s Message
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Remembrance Day of the Shoa – BPW FIDAPA District Nord-Ovest
February 28, 2022Remembrance Day of the Shoa celebrated on 27 February 2022 Rachele Capristo, the President of the District Nord-Ovest, had organized a beautiful concert highlighting compositions which were considered during the Nazi Era as “degenerate Art”. After the concert we got a chance to visit the...
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Candle Lighting Ceremonies BPW FIDAPA Milano and Mediolanum
February 27, 2022Candle Lighting Ceremonies of FIDAPA Milano and FIDAPA Mediolanum on 25 and 26 February 2022 During the two Candle Lighting Ceremonies the International President gave a short speech introducing the new international Website, the newsletter and the directory which will help BPW International to...
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Premio delle Donne & Candle Lighting Ceremony – FIDAPA Milano
February 26, 2022Premio delle Donne and Candle Ligthing Ceremony of FIDAPA Milano, 25 February 2022 Due to the COVID situation, BPW Milano could only now give the award for outstanding work 2020/2021. Five women and two men received the award: Senator Maria Cristina Cantu’ received it for her administrative...
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BPW Women’s Debate – Report
February 20, 2022BPW Women's Debate Report 21-23 of January 2022 BPW International was asked to organise three parallel workshops on 21 January 2022 before a two-day debating event with students from international schools in China. The theme of the debate event was "Gender Equality and Women's and Children's...
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Launch of the bpw.directory for Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2022bpw.directory launched The publication of the bpw.directory has started after another test phase and just in time for Valentine's. 💕 We welcome you to the BPW International Business & Services Directory. Here we have compiled FAQ and a step-by-step guide. And read also the BPW...
Read MorePresident’s Message for the Candle Lighting Ceremony 2022
January 19, 2022Youtube content is not displayed due to your cookie settings. Click on the functional YouTube cookies in the cookie banner to agree to load and display content from YouTube. Dear BPW Members As members of BPW, of Clubs and Federations, we are, all of us, active throughout the entire year. We are...
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Invitation to an International Debate – BPW Women’s Debate Open
January 16, 2022BPW Women's Debate On January 21, 2022, BPW International will present at the BPW Women's Debate with the following workshops: 1) Career Planning 2) Migration 3) The effect of COVID-19 on Women and Girls The event will be held online on Friday, January 21, 2022, at 8:30-10:00 pm Chinese Tim...
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✝︎ Masako Hiramatsu – BPW Japan
January 5, 2022Obituary ✞ Masako Hiramatsu We have the sad task of informing you that the former President of BPW Japan, Masako Hiramatsu, passed away on 30 November 2021. Professor Masako was an internationally renowned personality. In her quiet manner marked by modesty and prudence, she was part of the CSW...
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Happy New Year 2022
December 31, 2021The Executive Board Meeting in Saanenmöser 2021, not with us Regional Coordinator Dawne Williams and Young BPW Representative Tomi Odunsi Dr. Catherine Bosshart, the President of BPW International, and her Executive would like to thank all BPW Standing Committees,Task Forces, CAC members,...
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