Dear Madame President,
Dear Young BPW (for Spam-Reasons in
BCC),
Please find here the latest
Newsletter with some information out of
Young BPW Cyprus invites you to
"
Dear
Young BPW Members,
It is my
great pleasure to invite you to our "
For all
the relevant program and registration information, kindly see the attached
document. And of course, if you have any inquiries, feel free to contact
me.
Looking
forward to welcoming you at our Academy!
Best
regards,
Athena
Theodorou
Young BPW
President-Cyprus
I wish you a very good time & see
you in March! And please don’t hesitate to share your news with
us!
With my best
wishes,
Viktoria
Balensiefen
Young BPW
2005 -
2008
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Young
BPW Weekend in
Dear Young BPW, there are still some
few places free to join our Young BPW Weekend in
Find attached the detailed program
and the registration form. Don’t forget to
register soon if you would like to join
us!
Thanks a lot to Burcu Gogus and her
Team taking so well care for all of us.
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Young
BPW
Young BPW France has done a very good
job in 2007 – just see their report and get infected by their spirit!
To you all in
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Young
BPW Group on Xing and Facebook
Networking is one of our easiest
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can especially take care for Business Contacts. Young BPW Germany has now
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If you don’t know Xing by now, you
can have a free-of-charge registry and usage. You may just follow my invitation:
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But Young BPW are also active on Facebook with
50
members. The url is http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2428625713.
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BPW
International Congress in
Young BPW Travel
Proposal
Young BPW Germany is
preparing a Post-Congress-Travel from Oct 29 – Nov 3. The travel itinery is
attached. Young BPW Germany invites you to join this great trip. For further
details, please contact Nadine E. Müller on
young-bpw@bpw-germany.de!
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BPW
International Newsletter
Kindly find attached the latest Newsletter from BPW
International which you may want to spread. Further version are available on
http://www.bpw-international.org/publications/library-international-newsletters.htm
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Job
Opportunities
Find attached job opportunities you
might be interested in. Success for your application!
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Equality
between Women and Men 2008
More Women in Work, but 'Better' Jobs Needed
Too
Women are
continuing to drive employment growth in Europe , but remain disadvantaged on the labour market in
relation to men, says a report adopted by the European Commission today. Despite
higher educational attainment, women continue to be employed less and paid less
than men. The 2008 report on Equality between women and men will be transmitted
to EU leaders at the Spring Summit
"Our strategy for growth and jobs has been successful in
creating more jobs for women in the EU," said Equal Opportunities Commissioner
Vladimír Špidla. "But ongoing challenges like the pay gap, labour market
segregation, and work/life balance mean we still have some way to go to make
those jobs 'better' jobs too. Overall, despite their better educational
attainment, women's careers are shorter, slower and less well-paid: it is clear
that we need to do more to make full use of the productive potential of the
workforce."
The Commission report highlights that the quantitative
progress of women on the labour market has not yet been matched in qualitative
terms. On the one hand, more than 7.5 out of the 12 million new jobs created in
the EU since 2000 have been taken by women. Their employment rate now stands at
57.2%, or 3.5 points above its 2000 level, compared with a less than one point
rise in the rate of male employment over the same period. Similarly, the rise in
the rate of employment of women over the age of 55 has been significantly faster
than that of men, and now stands at 34.8%, i.e. a 7.4 points increase on
2000.
On the other hand, several aspects of the quality of
women's work remain problematic. Despite the fact that women represent 59% of
university graduates and have a better educational attainment, their employment
rate remains lower than men's (by 14.4 points) and they continue to earn on
average 15% less than men for every hour worked[1].
Women also face greater difficulties in reaching
decision-making positions. The presence of female managers in companies is
progressing very slowly and stands at only 33%. Work/life balance is one area
where major differences persist between women and men. The employment rate of
women with young children is only 62.4%, compared with 91.4% for men with
children. And women have a disproportionately high recourse to part-time work
(32.9%) compared with men (7.7%), underlining the imbalance between men and
women in the use of time.
The report underlines that more efforts need to be made
to create more and better jobs. The creation of more jobs must go hand in
hand with an improvement in quality. Quality jobs attract workers and allow them
to fully exploit their productive potential and contribute to improving the
quality of life in society as a whole. Equality between women and men is an
essential quality component of work, says the report. Special attention
should also be given to improving both the supply and quality of services to
help people balance professional and private life, in order to allow men and
women with dependants to (re-)enter and stay on the labour
market.
2008 Report on equality between women
and men:
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/news/index_en.html
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Interesting
news:
Passengers aboard one of
MEXICO
CITY (AP) — Groping and verbal harassment is an exasperating reality for women
using public transportation in this sprawling capital, where 22 million
passengers cram onto subways and buses each day. Some men treat women so badly
that the subway system has long had ladies-only cars during rush hour, with
police segregating the sexes on the platforms. But that hasn't helped women
forced to rely on packed buses, by far the city's most-used form of public
transportation — until this week.
Acting
on complaints from women's groups, the city rolled out "ladies only" buses,
complete with pink signs in the windshields to wave off the men. As word spreads
about the buses, the women seem delighted, while some men forced to wait a few
minutes longer have shown their anger. Still others have stumbled on board
despite the signs, much to their embarrassment. On Thursday, passengers on one
of the female-only buses spent most of their trip down the capital's tree-lined
When
a man mistakenly climbed aboard, the women immediately began teasing him and
shouting that he should read the "ladies only" sign. "He's a gentleman! He
should get off," shouted Yolanda Altamirano, a 64-year-old office janitor. The
man blushed and mumbled an apology, then ignored the taunts until he got off
several stops later. "Now he knows how women feel," Altamirano said,
unapologetic for giving him a hard time.
And
while some men have complained that they have to wait longer for a bus, she said
the women are thrilled: "The women are really happy and we have been getting a
lot of e-mail and letters from them." Juliana Romero, a 49-year-old secretary,
said not riding with men is "fantastic." "When the bus is packed, there will
inevitably be a lecherous man who will bother you," she said.
Women-only
buses or subways have been rolling for years in
"I
always carry the pin so I can defend myself from abusive men," she said — adding
that she's had to use it twice this month alone. Traveling only with women, she
said, makes her feel more secure and allows her to relax a bit on the way to
work. "I don't think I will use the pin on these buses," she said,
giggling.
What
do you think on that separation of the societies daily live? Like it or not? Do
you share these experiences or would you prefer other
solutions?
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Global
Dear BPW members,
Global Summit of Women will be held in
http://www.globewomen.org/summit/Summit.htm
BPW members are eligible to register with the
discounted Global Member rate starting January 1, 2008. BPW members must
indicate that they are a member of "International Federation of Business and
Professional Women" when you
submit your registration. No refunds for the 5%
discount if this guideline is not followed.
Warm regards,
Chonchanok Viravan
BPW International President
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Dates for your
Diary:
25.02. – 07.03.08: 52th Session of CSW
11. – 12.04.08: BPW
12. - 13.04.08:
18. – 20.04.08: Spring Meeting, BPW
16. – 18.05.08: Young BPW Europe Weekend in
05. – 07.06.08: Global
08. –
10.08.08: DACH-Meeting of german
speaking BPW in
Bezau/Austria
24. -
28.10.08: 26th BPW International
Congress in
2009:
13th BPW Europe Congress in
Responsible:
Viktoria
Balensiefen
Young BPW
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viktoria.balensiefen@youngbpw-europe.org
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