Empowered Women Leading Business

1. Business & Professional Women Empowered Women Leading Business

2. Ourfounder: Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips

3. 1st Conference 1930 in Geneva: 163 participants! Ourfounderswerepioneers! Coming from Austria, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany Hungary, Italy, UK, USA.

4. Goals of BPW are

5. What is a Business and Professional Woman like?

6. All thatis BPW!

7. BPW Structure 5 Regions Federations Clubs

8. BPW International An activenetworkforwomen’sissues!

9. BPW International has representatives or consultative status: UNO – ECOSOC CSW Commission on thestatusofwomen ILO International Labour Organization EWL European Women‘s Lobby WHO World HealthOrganization FAO Food andAgricultureOrganizationofthe UN

10. CSW Conference on the Status of Women 2010, New York

11. 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.

12. 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

13. Women’s Empowerment Principles • Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality. • Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights and nondiscrimination. • Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers. • Promote education, training and professional development for women. • Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women. • Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy. • Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality.

14. Naiten voimaantumisen periaatteet Korkean tason johtoportaan sitoutuminen sukupuolten väliseen tasa-arvoon Kohtele kaikkia työpaikan naisia ja miehiä oikeudenmukaisesti – kunnioita ja tue ihmisoikeuksia ja estä syrjintä Varmista kaikkien nais- ja miespuolisten työntekijöiden terveys, turvallisuus ja hyvinvointi Kannusta naisia opiskelemaan, kouluttautumaan ja etenemään työurallaan Toteuta yrityksen kehittämisessä, hankinnoissa ja markkinoinnissa naisten voimaannuttamista tukevia toimintatapoja Kannusta tasa-arvoon yhteisöjen aloitteiden ja edunvalvonnan avulla Mittaa ja raportoi julkisesti sukupuolten välisen tasa-arvon edistymistä.

15. International Congress 2008 in Mexico

16. European Congress 2009 in Munich

17. International Congress 2011 in Helsinki

18. European Congress 2012 in Sorrento

19. Next Events BPW International 2014 International Congress in Jeju, Korea 2016 European Congress in Zuerich, Switzerland 2017 International Congress in Egypt

20. BPW on the national and the local level Youcanbenefitfrom all activitiesandeventsforyour personal and professional development.

21. BPW Finland • 21 Clubs in Finland • 832 members • Programs and Projects 2013: • Mentoring • Equal Pay Day • WEP • Coming National events: • General Assembly /Seminar in Vantaa 13.-14.10.2012 • Innovation Work shop in Helsinki January 2013 • General Assembly /Equal Pay Day in Lappeenranta 13.-14.4.2013 • General Assembly / WEP Seminar in Fall 2013

22. Equal Pay Day

23. Activities on club level Monthlyevents: Presentations, speeches and networking Once a year: General assembly Candlelightceremony Other activities: Visits to other clubs Participation in national and international conferencesandcongresses Taskforces (e. g. Equal Pay Day)

24. Mentoring: a program where you can benefit from each other • Each BPW canbecome a mentorandhelpotherwomenwith her experienceandknowledge • Each BPW canbecome a mentee • The menteeneeds a specificgoal, andshecanhave a mentorforoneyear • Benefits: • Transferingyourexperiencesandknowledgeforsupport • Learning fromeachother • Seeingyourmenteedevelop

25. BPW: The ideal learning environment • Peer-to-peerlearning (from each other) • Through rolemodels • Learning bydoing • Just-in-time learning • Lifelonglearning • Monthlypresentationsandevents • Workshops at national/international events • Try out andlearnnewskills • Learning byteachingormentoring

26. Train your leadership skills in BPW! Bytaking an officeaspresidentormemberoftheboardorleaderof a taskforce: Learn to give speeches and presentations Learntochairmeetingsandtodelegatetasks Developstrategiesforyourclubandimplementthem Practice teambuilding Learnto deal withthemediato promote yourclub Representyourcluband deal with VIPs Learnconflictmanagementanddiplomacy in practice Learntoactas a leaderandbecome a rolemodel

27. You can develop your skills on different levels International National Local

28. Do not only lay back, … … themoreactiveyouare, themoreyouget.

29. Would you like to have contactsall over the worldor develop your skills? www.bpw-finland.fi www.bpw-europe.org www.bpw-international.org