1. www.bpw-europe.org Business & Professional Women Empowered Women Leading Business

2. www.bpw-europe.org Our founder: Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips

3. www.bpw-europe.org 1st Conference 1930 in Geneva: 163 participants! Our founders were pioneers! Coming from Austria, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany Hungary, Italy, UK, USA.

4. www.bpw-europe.org Goals of BPW are To advocate and lobby for working women To ensure equality and equal opportunity To develop the professional, business and leadership potential of women To empower women in the ecomony, networking and skill building To support young women

5. www.bpw-europe.org What is a Business and Professional Woman like? Is a leader and rolemodel Practices lifelong learning Cultivates friendships Practices networking, mentoring and lobbying Thinks and acts on the local, national and international level Takes responsibility in business, politics or society

6. www.bpw-europe.org Advocacy for professional women Professional + personal development Supportive Network Learning environment for «practical leadership» Friendships Local NationalInternational All that is BPW!

7. www.bpw-europe.org BPW Structure BPW International North America Latein America Europe ItalySwitzerland Clubs GermanyFinland AfricaAsia/Pacific 21 Clubs 5 Regions Federations Clubs

8. www.bpw-europe.org An active network for women’s issues! BPW International

9. www.bpw-europe.org BPW International has representatives or consultative status:  UNO – ECOSOC  CSW Commission on the status of women  ILO International Labour Organization  EWL European Women‘s Lobby  WHO World Health Organization  FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

10. www.bpw-europe.org CSW Conference on the Status of Women 2010, New York

11. www.bpw-europe.org 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. www.bpw-europe.org 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. www.bpw-europe.org Women’s Empowerment Principles 1.Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality. 2.Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights and nondiscrimination. 3.Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers. 4.Promote education, training and professional development for women. 5.Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women. 6.Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy. 7.Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality.

14. www.bpw-europe.org Naiten voimaantumisen periaatteet 1.Korkean tason johtoportaan sitoutuminen sukupuolten väliseen tasa- arvoon 2.Kohtele kaikkia työpaikan naisia ja miehiä oikeudenmukaisesti – kunnioita ja tue ihmisoikeuksia ja estä syrjintä 3.Varmista kaikkien nais- ja miespuolisten työntekijöiden terveys, turvallisuus ja hyvinvointi 4.Kannusta naisia opiskelemaan, kouluttautumaan ja etenemään työurallaan 5.Toteuta yrityksen kehittämisessä, hankinnoissa ja markkinoinnissa naisten voimaannuttamista tukevia toimintatapoja 6.Kannusta tasa-arvoon yhteisöjen aloitteiden ja edunvalvonnan avulla 7.Mittaa ja raportoi julkisesti sukupuolten välisen tasa-arvon edistymistä.

15. www.bpw-europe.org International Congress 2008 in Mexico

16. www.bpw-europe.org European Congress 2009 in Munich

17. www.bpw-europe.org International Congress 2011 in Helsinki

18. www.bpw-europe.org European Congress 2012 in Sorrento

19. www.bpw-europe.org Next Events BPW International  2014 International Congress in Jeju, Korea  2016 European Congress in Zuerich, Switzerland  2017 International Congress in Egypt

20. www.bpw-europe.org You can benefit from all activities and events for your personal and professional development. BPW on the national and the local level

21. www.bpw-europe.org BPW Finland  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  21 Clubs in Finland  832 members  Programs and Projects 2013: –Mentoring –Equal Pay Day –WEP

22. www.bpw-europe.org Equal Pay Day 22

23. www.bpw-europe.org Activities on club level  Monthly events:  Presentations, speeches and networking  Once a year:  General assembly  Candlelight ceremony  Other activities:  Visits to other clubs  Participation in national and international conferences and congresses  Taskforces (e. g. Equal Pay Day)

24. www.bpw-europe.org Mentoring: a program where you can benefit from each other  Each BPW can become a mentor and help other women with her experience and knowledge  Each BPW can become a mentee  The mentee needs a specific goal, and she can have a mentor for one year  Benefits: –Transfering your experiences and knowledge for support –Learning from each other –Seeing your mentee develop 24

25. www.bpw-europe.org BPW: The ideal learning environment  Peer-to-peer learning (from each other)  Through rolemodels  Learning by doing  Just-in-time learning  Lifelong learning –Monthly presentations and events –Workshops at national/international events –Try out and learn new skills  Learning by teaching or mentoring

26. www.bpw-europe.org Train your leadership skills in BPW! By taking an office as president or member of the board or leader of a taskforce:  Learn to give speeches and presentations  Learn to chair meetings and to delegate tasks  Develop strategies for your club and implement them  Practice team building  Learn to deal with the media to promote your club  Represent your club and deal with VIPs  Learn conflict management and diplomacy in practice  Learn to act as a leader and become a rolemodel

27. www.bpw-europe.org You can develop your skills on different levels Local National International

28. www.bpw-europe.org Do not only lay back, … … the more active you are, the more you get.

29. www.bpw-europe.org Would you like to have contacts all over the world or develop your skills? www.bpw-finland.fi www.bpw-europe.org www.bpw-international.org