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Madesin Summer 2020 View online as a Flip Book or Download to view or print Next Edition - a spectacular month for BPW Australia members. Madesin eMag is the BPW Australia quarterly publication of news featuring member stories, info on women's issue and celebrations of women's achievement. Click for more editions Madesin |
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BPW Australia members represent a diversity of women's expertise and aspirations across the private, public and non-profit sectors. Influencing. Locally, BPW clubs across Australia have been proactive in women’s affairs for a long time. For the past 70 years, we have supported, encouraged and educated women and girls, succeeding in our lobbying efforts to influence local and national governments to address women’s issues. And, along the way, we enjoy the journey. Growing. BPW has a strong focus on professional and personal development. BPW Australia continues to deliver programs that develop leadership through building women's competence, capacity and confidence in their personal and professional arenas. We also hold regular events to empower women and girls. BPW members have a reputation for being committed, proactive, friendly, professional, smart...and lots of fun. Connecting. To progress our projects, we run events such as seminars, workshops and leadership weekends when we learn, share and enjoy getting to know each other. Our members often attend Regional, National and International events and many have a strong interest in international affairs, preparing resolutions for discussion and approval at BPW's National and International Conferences. BPW Australia takes national action for women’s equality – at work, on boards, in leadership.
The root of BPW’s advocacy is embedded in the work with the United Nations. BPW has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and participatory status with the Council of Europe. Each year a large consortium of self-funded BPW members attends the Convention on the Status of Women in New York. On this stage, the governments of the world report on gender equity progress. Throughout the year, BPW continues its representation at UN Headquarters in New York, Vienna, Geneva; Council of Europe; European Women’s Lobby with nearly thirty BPW representatives to UN regional offices and agencies.
"Each woman, as a citizen, must bring to the national policy of her own country, the contribution of forward-looking and
constructive thought followed by determined action. Each woman must dedicate herself to protect and promote the
interests of all other women in business and the professions." Quote from the BPW Founder Lena Madesin Phillips.
BPW International was awarded a Peace Messenger Certificate from UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar in 1987.
Esther Hymer, BPW International representative at the UN, was named as one of three women playing a significant role in
the work of the then, UN Commission by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1997.
Every year, we mark Equal Pay Day as a way of drawing attention to the wage gap that exists in most countries between women and men. Our aim is to work towards reducing the damaging and substantial income gap between women and men, and to do this we want to encourage and motivate BPW affiliates all over the world to establish an Equal Pay Day in their own country. Each affiliate’s first task is to put this issue on the public agenda by raising awareness about the issue of equal pay and making ‘wages’ a more acceptable subject of discussion. Only then will a country’s leaders be moved to initiate a policy review.
Launched on International Women's Day, the Women's Empowerment Principles-Equality Means Business suggests seven steps for companies to take to empower women in the workplace and the marketplace. They were launched by the United Nations Development Fund For Women (UNIFEM, part of UN Women) and the United Nations Global Compact on March 8th, 2010 based on a multi-stakeholder consultative process. The Women’s Empowerment Principles are subtitled Equality Means Business because the full participation of women benefits business and by signing the Statement of Support, CEOs will demonstrate leadership on gender equality and women’s empowerment and will encourage fellow business leaders to do the same.
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