✝ Dr. Edith Dieker, BPW Salzburg, Austria
April 20, 2024Mag.a Dr.in Edith Dieker (* 8.1.39 + 7.3.2024) Ehrenmitglied BPW Club Salzburg Ehrenpräsidentin der Frauenfachakademie Schloss Mondsee Die Grande Dame von BPW Salzburg und wichtigste BPW-Vorreiterin in Österreich, Vorbild und Frauenförderin aus tiefstem Herzen, hat uns verlassen! „Edith war...
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✝︎ Marlene Parenzan – BPW Austria, BPW UN Representative in Vienna
April 2, 2023Obituary Marlene Parenzan, 1937-2022 - BPW Austria, BPW International UN Representative in Vienna by Dr. Catherine Bosshart, BPW International President 2021-2024 In 2012 when I was appointed Main Representative to the UN in Geneva, I met Marlene Parenzan the first time in Vienna. I will never...
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✝︎ Dr. Chonchanok Viravan – BPW International President 2005-2008
November 14, 2022Obituary Dr. Chonchanok Viravan - BPW Thailand, BPW International President 2005-2008 by Dr. Amany Asfour, BPW International Immediate Past President May Her Soul Rest in Eternal Peace Dr Chonchanok Viravan (Nok) was born on 10 July 1962 in the year of the Tiger (Chinese year) in Bangkok, Thailand....
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✝︎ Dr. Patricia Harrison – BPW International President 1999-2002
October 17, 2022✝︎ Dr. Patricia Harrison - BPW Australia BPW International President 1999-2002 by Sylvia G Perry, BPW International President 1996-1999 Ripples of sadness went around the world on 13 October 2022 when the news broke that we had lost a much respected member of BPW and, to so many, a treasured...
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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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✝︎ 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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✝︎ 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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✝︎ 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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