Business and Professional Women
7th BPW Danube Net
Businesswomen Forum
November 2012
Vienna / Austria
BPW International develops the professional, business and leadership potential of women on all levels through our advocay, mentoring, networking, skill building, and enconomic empowerment prgrams and projects around the world.
The International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW International) was founded by Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips in 1930. She challenged leading women in Europe and the United States to form an international organization to support and promote women in business and the professions.
The organization was founded under the name International Federation of
Business and Professional Women (IFBPW), on 26 August 1930 with 16 member countries.
Today there are business and professional members from over 80 countries from
all five regions of the world. BPW International is one of the most influential international women’s organizations in the world. The members consist of women who are influential leaders in their own countries in business and various professions, as well as young entrepreneurs.
As an NGO BPW International has international influence:
Consultation Status 1 at ECOSOC and a consulting function at UNESCO,
UNIDO, UNCTAD, UNIFEM, WHO, UNICEF, FAO, IFAD.
www.bpw-international.org
BPW-Europe is the European Region of BPW International represented in 27 countries with over 20,000 members in all parts of Europe and with representatives in the European Union.
www.bpw-europe.org
The BPW Danube Net is a network for businesswomen in the Danube countries
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