NFBPWC USA – Biennial General Assembly 2022, Sacramento
August 1, 20222022 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S BIENNIAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY August 5-7, 2022, Sacramento Connect, Network, Grow The General Assembly provides the opportunity to meet colleagues from around the country and participate in sessions that cover topics designed to build...
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Answer from the Office of President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
July 12, 2022BPW International is a worldwide organization, an NGO, politically independent and neutral. It is therefore forbidden for BPW International and its members, based on the Constitution, to make a political statement on the war over Ukraine or to support or oppose statements made by political actors....
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Regional Coordinator Anu Viks about the BPW Regional Conference Europe in Reykjavik, Iceland
July 12, 2022BPW Iceland Organizing Team Presidents' Meeting with BPW International President Anu Viks, BPW International Regional Coordinator Europe, at the Conference The 17th BPW Europe Conference and 9th Young BPW Symposium is now a wonderful memory for all who participated at the events in Iceland....
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SC United Nations – Report Working Group Education & Advocacy
July 12, 2022Dr Marie-Claude Machon-Honoré's Report on Objectives and Strategy as UN SC Member & Lead of the Working Group on Education & Advocacy (2021-2024) with the Group Members Marie-Claude Machon-Honoré Raïssa Nadia Detien Vodounnou Tiziana Paris Lisa Fong Sylviane Zongo > read more
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Young BPW Videos from BPW Regional Conference Europe in Reykjavik
July 11, 2022Reported by Tomi Odunsi Fadina, Young BPW International Representative 2021-2024 "You always have to have a Gender Perspective." - Katrin Jakobsdottir, Iceland Prime Minister. In 2020, Iceland experienced a 40% increase in night-life crimes creating an unsafe environment for young women. A...
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G7 Summit in Elmau – First Review
June 30, 2022© Bundesregierung/ Steins PRESS RELEASE | June 28, 2022 “Progress towards an equitable world” is the goal set by the German G7 presidency in its program. From June 26 to 29, the G7 heads of state and government met in Elmau to coordinate their positions on current challenges and to launch...
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UNESCO – Education Pre-Summit 28-30 June 2022
June 24, 2022Foto: UNESCO Education across the world is at a crossroads. In many countries, a silent but worsening learning crisis is having disastrous effects on people, the planet, prosperity, and peace. In all countries, recent and emerging social, cultural, political, and technological shifts are forcing us...
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✝︎ 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.webinars – Videos “The United Nations and BPW International”
June 20, 2022Two bpw.webinars were held in cooperation with Géraldine Crevat from Intercontinental Online Meetings, both on the same subject, but in different languages. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, BPW International President 2021-2024, was speaking about the relations between BPW and the UN. Since 2011...
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G7 Presidency – Women7 hands over W7 Communiqué to Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz – It is time to deliver!
June 20, 2022Foto: Heidi Scherm / W7 Summit Youtube 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. It is time to deliver! BPW Germany is contributing to the Women7 process through the...
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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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Spotlight Reykjavik – Crosscultural Connections Between BPW Members
June 17, 2022Cooperation among all people cannot remain a dream, but something that must become actuality if our civilization is to survive. We cannot afford to wait long in this changing and changed worlds. It is now – not in the next century or even in the next generation, but now – that we and the men...
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Leaders’ Summit in Reykjavik
June 17, 2022The Leaders' Summit was allotted a short 2 hours; usually a half day is scheduled for this work. Nevertheless, many participants accepted the invitation and worked concentrated and intensively. In the breakout sessions on the burning questions, a lot was collected, which was then summarized and...
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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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Regional Conference Europe Reykjavik – Thanks
June 17, 2022BPW International Regional Conference Europe in Reykjavik 27-29 May 2022 President Jóhanna Kristín Tómasdóttir from BPW Reykjavik thanked everybody for their participation and the gifts. “I am so proud of my team, of BPW Iceland as a whole, and yes, myself, for having achieved this task so...
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Spotlight Reykjavik-Conference – A Young BPW’s Network
June 17, 2022Young BPW from Switzerland, Sandra Fischer, BPW Winterthur, is a craftswoman and works in a machine factory. She knows her work environment as male and often feels quite lonely in it as a female employee. She has therefore founded the network www.handwerkernetz.ch, which female craftspeople can...
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ILO – 110th Session of the International Labor Conference ILC
June 16, 2022> Opening Remarks of Secretary-General of the 110th Session of the ILC, Mr Guy Ryder 110th Session of the International Labor Conference 27 May to 11 June 2022, virtually Drafting group of the committee: decent work and the social and solidarity economy (SSE). The SSE is not new and its policy...
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BPW Montreal – International Meeting GREECE
June 15, 2022We are pleased to announce the launch of a new series entitled International meetings. This initiative will make it possible to discover a country and the issues raised by the women who come from there. This is a unique series in which we will introduce you to an ambassador or an ambassador under a...
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SC Membership – Affiliate Satisfaction Plan
June 12, 2022Standing Committee Membership - Dr. Giuseppina Seidita, Chair The Standing Committee Membership are working to support you in order to keep the club active and interesting. The experience and expectations of the members must be considered always. It's important to welcome new members, but it's also...
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bpw.webinars – BPW and UN in English and French
June 8, 2022If you would like to attend both webinars, register for each webinar separately. Si vous souhaitez assister aux deux webinaires, inscrivez-vous séparément pour chaque webinaire. > read more about bpw.webinars 15 June 2022, 16:00 CET (UTC+2) Different functions of the UN and BPW commitment with...
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bpw.webinar postponed – “Financial & Dues Policies”
June 8, 2022Postponed to 7 September 2022, 16:00 h CET (UTC+2) Eufemia Ippolito BPW International Executive Finance Officer 2021-2024 Webinar in English > Registration This webinar is intended to present BPW International's Financial policy and Dues policy. We will talk about the rules of the BPW...
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bpw.webinars – Video “Standing Committee Agriculture – Information, Actions, Business Ideas”
June 7, 20222 June 2022, 21:00 h CET (UTC+2) Standing Committee Agriculture - Information, Actions, Business Ideas Cristina Gorajski Visconti BPW International Chair SC Agriculture 2021-2024 Webinar in English > Watch the video on YouTube This webinar is about topics related to Agriculture and Nutrition,...
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Action Plan – Information, Actions, Business Ideas
June 7, 20222 June 2022, 21:00 h CET (UTC+2) Standing Committee Agriculture - Information, Actions, Business Ideas Cristina Gorajski Visconti BPW International Chair SC Agriculture 2021-2024 Webinar in English > Watch the video on YouTube This webinar is about topics related to Agriculture and Nutrition,...
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Celebration of Judith’s Life – ✝︎ Judith van Unen, BPW Australia
June 2, 2022Judith van Unen, BPW Australia President 2000-2004, Member of Standing Committee UN 2021-2024 It is with extreme sadness that BPW Australia announces that Judith Van Unen passed away on 27 May 2022. She was a Past President of BPW Australia 2000-2004, served as Election Chair for BPW International...
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