Last up-date 09.09.2008

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BPW goes Opera.... Open Air in Heidenheim, Germany
5. June 2008

28th June 2008
Young BPW Europe Cup LA Spezia

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Visit to BPW Chisinau, Moldova,
22 - 25 June 2008

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Opening of the new Club in Safranbolu, Turkey

19th May 2008,

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Young BPW Week-End in Istanbul, Turkey
16 - 18 May 2008

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Annual Conference BPW UK in Birmingham

70 Years of BPW UK, 12th April 2008

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Nikki Bennett-Willetts gave her President’s address to conference.

Install of new Club in Brussels and Candlelighting Ceremony. Special Guest Princess Lea from Belgium
19th march 2008
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Opening first BPW Club in Bratislava, Slovakia. 15th March 2008
The new elected Board, Elvira Chadimova, Vice-President; Gabriella Canonica; President Mariana Hrachalova and Finance Officer Monika Jakubeczova

8th December 2007, BPW Cyprus organized a "Divorce Seminar" in Nicosia, Cyprus. The Seminar was sponsored by the Ministry of Justice.
Many thanks to the President of the Federation of Business and Professional  Women, Mrs Elena Tanou, (left in the photo) who has shared her experience and feelings with all of us, and all of you who  have contributed  positively with your presence,questions and comments to the success of our event!>>> Photos>>>

Opening ceremony under the high patronage of the President of Croatia,Mr. Stjepan Mesic

Fotos from the Event
Press-clipping
- Opening words Alida Perkov, President of BPW Club Pula
- Opening words Marion Volk, Coordinator BPW Danube Net
- Opening words Gabriella Canonica, Regional Coordinator BPW
Europe and Executive Board Member BPW International

18 / 19 october 07:

BPW International: Organization Review and Reform's hearing in Valencia, Spain
<< BPW International Executive Board

Opening words Regional Coordinator
Gabriella Canonica

19th October 2007:
Official Opening of BPW Spain Federation!

5th BPW European Closed Presidents' Meeting in Valencia, Spain

Fotos from the events

29 - 30 september 2007

Opening of the second BPW Club in Turkey! BPW Istanbul
Opening of Young BPW Istanbul

Photos

Visit to
St. Petersburg, 10th anniversary

BPW Club Neva, 14 - 17 september 2007
Fotos St. Petersburg 10th anniversary

Visit to Moscow 18 - 19 september 2007
BPW Club Moscow 1 and
BPW Moscow 2

In the picture from right to left:
Irene Voytsekohovskaya, BPW Moscow 1 (founded in 1997)
Gabriella Canonica, Regional Coordinator BPW Europe
Irina Arsentieva, BPW Moscow 2 (founded in 2004)

Visit to Latvia, BPW Riga 10 - 13 Sept. 2007

Opening of Young BPW Club Riga, Latvia

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III Edizione  BPW CUP  FIDAPA BPW ITALY,

21 July 2007 Cup for Young BPW Europe!

The winner is..
Dagmar Trebetznik, Young BPW Germany. She received the BPW Cup.

Special recognition for Silvia Nicolis, Young BPW Italy
and
Cédrine Schiettecatte, Young BPW France

On the 10 of July came to Belgium the International President of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW), Mrs Conchanok Viravan . The Belgian BPW organization took this opportunity to arrange in Bruges a special event. The worldwide president gave her vision of BPW and the importance of a close cooperation with the United Nations in a PowerPoint presentation. Indeed 60 years ago BPW received the status of Adviser to the United Nations . BPW devotes herself for more than 50 years to get the same chances and equivalent positions for women on social, economic and political level and is thus in a pool position to give advice on these matters. The past months visited the worldwide president also Italy, Egypt, Brazil and the United States.
The Belgian national president, Caroline Couvreur (Waregem) and Greta Callens with function in the National Board declared: " We want to promote the understanding, the cooperation and the friendship between every women in charge of a responsible professional activity. To achieve this, speeches, courses and meetings are organized. Moreover, we want to extend the efficiency and increase the reputation of BPW-Belgium."

BPW Members at the Openair Opera!

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Business and Professional Women Czech Republic (APM-BPW CR) Senate of the Czech Republic

Equal opportunities for women in the Czech Republic – experience
and
Memoir of F.F. Plaminkova (1875 – 1942)
Senator (1925-1942) and Vice-president BPWI - Business and Professional Women (1930-1942) 

Delegation from Slovakia.

Nicla Marangelli, President BPW Italy Sud-Est
and Gabriella Canonica

BPW Italy, Sezione Sud-Est, Club Bari
9 - 11 Giugno 2007

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Margherita Gulisano, National President BPW Italy
and Gabriella Canonica

BPW Switzerland
Young BPW Network Day 10.02.2007

Fotos from the Events
Annual Meeting
BPW France in Paris

Photos / Greetings Words / Workshops / and information

Photoalbum Timisoara and Arad
Speech Coordinator Gabriella Canonica

Rencontre des Trois Frontières
16. Septembre 2006

D-A-CH Treffen 2006 in Friedrichshafen
25. - 27. August 2006

Women making the difference-
for women and men

Photo Album
Project "Women for President"english / italiano
from BPW Italy
Questionnaire english/ italiano Paper Idea english / italiano
to download
Reports:
Coordinator / ECC Members
Young BPW Europe
Presidents of Europe
Council of Europe
European Women's Lobby

Friday, 9th June:
Opening Ceremony, speeches
Regional Coordinator Europe Gabriella Canonica, english /
français
International President Dr. Chonchanok Viravan, english / français
Presidents Dinner / Young BPW / Friends
Workshop for Newcomers, Annegret Hastedt

Saturday 10th June, Business Sessions / Panels / Workshops
Gala Dinner Sunday 11th June, Business Sessions / Panels / Workshops
Farewell Party / Excursion Boat

75 Jahre BPW Austria Feier in Salzburg,
14. - 16.Oktober 2005. Die österreichischen Past Presidents wurden geehrt und 2 neue Clubs aufgenommen.

14.-16. Oktober 2005- Salzburg
Italiano English

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Unser Bild zeigt von links die Weiler Vorsitzende

Blandine Lutz, die Regional-Koordinatorin für Europa
Gabriella Canonica, Angèle Adrian aus Straßburg und Katja Kretz aus Basel.
FOTO: MINK

Foto Impressions...

Invitation to the 75th anniversary of BPW The Netherlands

11.06.2005

BPW Jubilee Congress
1990 - 2005
Polish Federation of BPW

Poznan, 23 - 24 April 2005

Programm

President's message:

Katarzyna Bekasiak

BPW Poland

Reports Coordinator / ECC Members, Young BPW/ CoE and EWL 2005 - 2006

Report Coordinator Gabriella Canonica
Report Finances Officer Dagmar Bischof
Report ECC Member Ewa Papla
Report Young BPW Europe, Viktoria Balensiefen

Report Council of Europe, Livia Ricci
Report European Women's Lobby, Eufemia Ippolito

Reports from BPW Europe Presidents 2005 - 2006

Business Session / Panels / Workshops: Saturday and Sunday
Council of Europe, Livia Ricci
EU-Project: BPW Cyprus, BPW Poland, BPW Germany
Panel: Women as community builders
Statements: Antonia Leitl
Panel: Women as Inventors
Statments: Rita Assogna
Panel:Women and the labour market
Opening speech Ann Falkinger 
Presentation BPW Budapest / Presentation of BPW Ankara

Result Leadership Seminar/WS
Result Young BPW Workshop

Reports from BPW Europe Presidents 2003 - 2004

BPW Belgium , BPW Cyprus, BPW Finland, BPW France, BPW Germany, BPW Italy, BPW Ireland, BPW The Netherlands, BPW Poland, BPW Pula, Croatia, BPW Romania, Arad, BPW Spain and BPW Valencia / Spain, BPW Sweden, BPW Switzerland, BPW UK, BPW Ukraine, Donetsk,

2004 the European Regional Meeting will be held in Berlin
Hotel Maritim Pro Arte

"Women shaping the new Europe"
30th september 2004 arriving day - 4th october 2004 departure day

Invitation Letter, pdf Document

Programme, pdf Document

go to the on-line Registration Form, Registration Form for FAX

go to the Hotel-List and direct e-mail to Hotel Maritim ProArte Berlin

All about Berlin!!!! Berlin

BPW International Celebrated
60th Anniversary of consultative status with the United Nations

This year International Women Day 2007, BPW has an additional thing to celebrate.
International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW International) gained a consultative status with the United Nations since the year 1947, so year 2007 marks 60th Anniversary of our consultative status at the United Nations!

BPW International celebrates this 60th Anniversary in New York during Commission
on Status of Women 51st Session with a dinner celebration on 2 March 2007 and the BPW Panel session at the United Nations Head Quarter on 5 March 2007.

1. BPW International Dinner's 60th BPW-UN Celebration (2 March 2007)

If you are among the 230 BPW members from 34 countries who attended Commission on Status of Women (CSW) 51st Session in New York , you may already celebrate this 60th Anniversary with a delicious cake during BPW International Dinner on Friday 2 March 2007. BPW Moscow presented Antoinette Ruegg and I with Silver Medals which was a Peace award from Russia for BPW International in recognition of BPW International's work world-wide for Peace. We also publicize the newly release "Empowering Women Worldwide: The history Project Five-O" book, written by Sylvia G, Perry (our Past International President) which documented 25 years of BPW International contribution to women's capacity building in collaboration with
other 4 International women organizations.

2. BPW International's Panel Session at the United Nations on
"Violence Against Women and Girl Child: Urgent issues and solutions"
(5 March 2007)

On 5 March 2007, BPW International and Ministry of Foreign Affair of Italy
held a Panel Presentation inside the United Nations Head Quarter in New York,
Conference Room 4. We have many distinguished speakers including a Nobel
Prize Winner Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini (BPW Italy), Anita Palmeri (BPW Italy),
Talia Carner (Award winning author of Puppet Child and China Doll - BPW Manhattan,
New York), Beatrice Fett (President of BPW Brazil) and Dr. Amany Asfour (President
of BPW Cairo, Egypt). We have a room filled with over 200 people in the audience.
It was quite grand! Many issues on violence against women and girl child was
discussed through the work of Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini to help over 12,000 children,
and the problem of infanticide in China. The solutions presented include
the promotion on Bill of Right of Girl Child by BPW Italy, Maria da Penha Law - the
new legislation about violence against women in Brazil and the ways to gain
financial independent in order for women to break free from her abusers.

So for this year International Women Day 2007 or other BPW events in 2007, please
take a moment to celebrate this 60th Anniversary of BPW-United Nations as well.

Warm regards,

Chonchanok Viravan (Nok)
BPW International President
7 March 2007

Acknowledgements:

For the BPW Panel session in the United Nations,

I like to thank Margarta Gulisano, President of BPW Italy for contacting Ministry of Foreign Affair to initiate the room arrangement. I would also like to thanks Dr. Annarosa Colangelo (our 1st Vice President and Chair of United Nations Status of Women Committee for BPW International), Dr. Livia Ricci (our past International President) and Eva Richter (Permanent
Representative to UN / DPI) in helping finalize the Italian Mission sponsorship to enable us to hold this event inside the UN for free!

For BPW Dinner,

I like to thanks Liz Benham (our 2nd VP and membership chair) for arranging the venue for this dinner and the complimentary and lively entertainment from Byblos restuarant; Eileen Brenen (President of BPWI/ New York) for her decoration and surprises; Dr. Amany Asfour for her gifts from Egypt; Naphaphen Vejjajiva (Director of President's office) for handling all the other
details of this event; and young BPW who help sell BPW gifts to the participants including Rooma Para, young BPW chair and Nadia from Pakistan, and many others.

Chonchanok Viravan
BPW International President
2005-2008