Dear Madame President,

Dear Young BPW (for Spam-Reasons in BCC),

 

Please find here the latest Newsletter with some information out of Europe and BPW International. I kindly ask you to spread this information within your members. Thank you!

 

 

Young BPW Europe Weekend planned in Istanbul for May 2008

It is my great great pleasure to inform you today, that together with Ada Demel, Young BPW Poland, and Burcu Gogus and her team from Young BPW Istanbul & Ankara, we did prepare a wonderful weekends program for a Young BPW Europe Meeting in May next year. This weekend will give us the opportunity to get to know each other better, to learn about BPW, to exchange Best-Practice, to decide about how to go on within Young BPW Europe  – and last but not least: have fun together!

Find here some key facts for you:

§        Date: 16. – 18.05.2008

§        Location: Istanbul / Turkey

§        Price: 375 EUR per Person includes

§        Transfers from and to the Airport

§        Central Palace Hotel, centrally located (2 Accommodation and Breakfast)

§        Guided Sight Seeing Tour, traditional SPA-treatment

§        1 Lunch and 1 Dinner

 

Within the next days, we will send out details and the registration forms, so that early flight booking is possible. For any questions, Burcu Gogus from BPW Turkey and her team are happy to help you!

 

 

I wish you a very good December – enjoy Christmas time and New Years Eve. For 2008, I wish everyone ideas and energy to achieve ones targets – and lots of love! See you in January!

 

 

With my best wishes,

Viktoria Balensiefen

Young BPW Europe Representative

2005 - 2008

 

 

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BPW International Congress in Mexico-City, Mexico

 

Dear Young BPW – the Congress is coming faster, only just 11 months, then it will start. The last International Congress took place in Lucerne/Switzerland. That was quite convenient for us in Europe, the travel costs were not too high. For Mexico, I know that especially the flights are not cheap. Of course, the country is worth a trip and one can consider after the Congress, spending the holidays at lovely beaches or with visiting ancient temples!

 

Young BPW Europe therefore has thought on how to support you to going to Mexico. Together with Veronica Hansova from Young BPW Prague, we have prepared a very very good Paper full with ideas on how to collect money with Raffles – a wonderful and easy thing. This bundle of possibilities shows a lot of ideas and facilities, bigger and smaller Young BPW groups can start and run within their Clubs, Federations and Associations. Please don’t hesitate to run this on local or national level to help as many Young BPW as possible in your Federation to come to Mexico!

 

For any questions on that, please don’t hesitate to contact me!

 

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BPW International Competition: Find new lyrics or new lyrics and rhythm for the BPW Anthem !

 

The Sound of BPW International Anthem

The competition for BPW International Anthem is expanding to allow BPW Affiliates to propose either (a) new lyric for the old rhythm of BPW International Anthem OR (b) the new rhythm and the new lyrics for BPW International Anthem. Countries that expressed interest may download the current rhythm and its music notes from BPW International's web site: http://www.bpw-international.org/publications/library-anthem.htm. 

 

The musical score, the lyric in English, and the CD of the proposed BPW International Anthem in two versions: rhythm only version and rhythm and lyric version should be submitted to BPW International's President Office no later than 31 December 2007. The top 3 finalists of BPW International Anthem will be played and voted on during the XXVI BPW International Congress in Mexico City, Mexico.

 

History of the Anthem

BPW International Anthem was composed by Professor Consuelo Amador de Rivera. It was originally composed as National Anthem for BPW Mexico in 1984 with lyric in Spanish. At the 21st BPW International Congress in Nagoya, Japan in year 1993, a resolution was passed to adopt the anthem as BPW International Anthem. The anthem was played at the 22nd BPW International Congress in Venice, Italy. Yet, most affiliates are not familiar with it. As a part of branding in Organization Reform process, President Chonchanok Viravan decided to have this anthem re-mastered and redistributed. The first version, released at North America Regional Conference in Jamaica, February 2007 was re-mastered based on the old tape recording of the anthem. However, the anthem was revised with respect to the actual music notes after President Chonchanok met and received the notes from Professor Consuelo in March 2007.

 

Relaunch BPW Anthem

One of the best kept secrets of BPW International is that we have BPW International Anthem! The anthem has been re-mastered and is available in CD format. Let's start a tradition of playing BPW International Anthem at the beginning of BPW International events! Looking forward to have many clubs/federations/members participate in this competition in Mexico City, Mexico too.

 

Best Regards,

Naphaphen Vejjajiva (Deon)

Director of BPW International President's Office

 

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BPW International Competition 2008: BPW Power to Make A Difference

 

Kindly find attached the details of BPW International Awards Competition in the attached file:

BPW Power to Make A Difference Competition

BPW Power to Make a Difference Competition is designed to document and give recognition to the value of leadership, influence and work of BPW Affiliates worldwide.   The winners will receive the trophies at XXVI BPW International Congress, Mexico City, Mexico in October 2008 and will be invited as speakers for the Congress.  

 

There are 3 categories of awards as follows:

I.  BPW Power to Make a Difference through Leadership Awards

II.  BPW Power to Make a Difference through Advocacy Awards

III.    BPW Power to Make a Difference through Action Awards

 

Please visit www.bpw-international.org/awards/BPW-power-to-make-a-difference.htm to download nomination forms, find out more details about rules, evaluation, terms and conditions, etc. Nomination should be submitted to presidents.office@bpw-international.org. 

 

Deadline for nomination is extended to 31 January 2008 .

 

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Global Summit of Women 2008

 

Dear BPW Members,

 

I'm delight to inform you that BPW International has renewed our Global Membership to Global Summit of Women for 2008.  The 2008 Global Summit of Woimen will be held in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly "Saigon") at the Sheraton Hotel on 5-7 June 2008.

 

As the benefits, BPW members world-wide receive a 5% discount on the cost of the registration fee (after January 1, 2008). BPW members may also list their products and services in WEXPO (Women-EXPO) Online and receive training opportunities through valuable on-line events. 

 

Moreover, BPW International can also nominate speakers for various session of this event (though the final selection is made by Global Summit of Women, not by BPW).

 

As BPW International's membership already covers all BPW affiliates, your club / Federation need not to apply as Global members.   

 

This year Global Summit of Women in Berlin was participated by many BPW members who found the experience to be very positive and beneficial.  This year, we have 6 speakers from BPW in Berlin, which help make BPW highly visible.  

 

I hope BPW members would again find these benefits valuable. For more information about Global Summit of Women 2008, please kindly visit  www.globewomen.com.  

 

                                                   Warm regards,

 

                                                   Chonchanok Viravan

                                                   BPW International President

                                                   2005-2008

 

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BPW International: Overview on Mentoring Programs worldwide

 

Find here a great and valuable overview on Mentoring Programs within BPW International and a lot of tools and materials.  http://www.bpw-international.org/services/bpw-services-mentoring.htm

 

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Job Opportunities

 

Find attached job opportunities you might be interested in. Success for your application! 

 

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World Economic Gender Gap

Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday 8 November – Four Nordic countries, Sweden (1), Norway (2), Finland (3) and Iceland (4) once again top the latest Gender Gap Index released today by the World Economic Forum. All countries in the top 20 made progress relative to their scores last year – some more so than others. Latvia (13) and Lithuania (14) made the biggest advances among the top 20, gaining six and seven places respectively, driven by smaller gender gaps in labour force participation and wages.

The performance of the United States (31) was mixed over the last year – its scores on political empowerment improved but this was offset by a bigger gap on economic participation – causing the United States to lose 6 places relative to its rank in 2006. Switzerland (40) loses 12 places relative to its position in 2006. The change was the result of a correction made by the UNDP in its calculation of estimated earned income for women and men – the ratio between women’s and men’s incomes is now larger than previously reported (0.61 in 2007 vs 0.9 in 2006). Switzerland's scores on all other variables remain largely static. France (51) remains one of the few countries holding the number one ranking on both education and health and has made considerable progress relative to its 70th position in the 2006 ranking. This significant increase is due to an improvement in the ratio between women’s and men’s labour force participation rates as well as the availability of new data on women in skilled employment. Calculations based on the new data show that the proportion of women among "professional and technical workers" as well as the proportion of women among "legislators, senior officials and managers" increased. In the bottom half of the rankings, countries such as Tunisia (102), Turkey (121) and Morocco (122) not only fall further in the relative rankings but also show a drop in scores relative to their own performance last year. On the other hand, Korea (97), the United Arab Emirates (105) and Saudi Arabia (124) show encouraging improvements in their 2007 scores as compared to their 2006 scores.

http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/Global_Gender_Gap_2007

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UN Democracy Fund

 

Right now UNDEF - United Nations Democracy Fund is calling for funding applications for projects aimed at promoting and strengthening democracy. 

 

Should your Club wish to apply, UNDEF will open its second round of funding applications from 15 November to 18 December 2007. Only on-line applications will be accepted, and they may be submitted either in English or French. The application procedure is described in the project proposal guidelines available on the UNDEF website. www.un.org/democracyfund/

 

In line with values, priority will be given to projects that enhance inclusiveness and gender equality. The application procedure is described in the Project Proposal Guidelines available on the UNDEF website.

 

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Dates for your Diary:

19.01.08:           Young BPW Network Day, Zurich/Switzerland

25.02. – 07.03.08: 52th Session of CSW New York/United States

18. – 20.04.08: Spring Meeting, BPW Germany, Kiel/Germany

16. – 18.05.08:  Young BPW Europe Weekend in Istanbul / Turkey

24. - 28.10.08:   26th BPW International Congress in Mexico City, Mexico

2009:                13th BPW Europe Congress in Munich, Germany

 

 

Responsible:

Viktoria Balensiefen

Young BPW Europe Representative

mailto: viktoria.balensiefen@youngbpw-europe.org

www.youngbpw-europe.org

Skype: viktoria_bonn

 

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