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Scholarship
to attend the APEC Women's e-Biz Training
2008 in Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul,
Korea, July 7-12, 2008 ..>>  |
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Young
BPW Program for The XXVI BPW International
Congress in Mexico City, Mexico, 24-28 October
2008 ..>> |
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Equality
between Women and Men 2008 ..>> |
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BPW
International Congress in Mexico |
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Young
BPW Europe Weekend, 16-18 May 2008 |
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"Leadership
Academy", 12-13 April 2008 in Larnaca,
Cyprus |
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What's
our excuse? Motivational presentation by Simona
Atzor |
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Young
BPW Istanbul accepted for Gender Training
Course by Council of Europe |
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BPW
International Newsletter |
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View
the 4th Young BPW International Meeting Online
on Youtube |
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Young
BPW on Facebook.com: Strengthening Young BPW
Online Community |
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Interesting
news: Mexico offers buses only for women |
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Job Opportunities
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Scholarship
for 2 Young BPW members who would like to
attend the APEC Women's e-Biz Training 2008
in Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul,
Korea, July 7- 12, 2008. |
APEC
WeBiz 2008 is coming again during 7-12 July
2008 for 6 days. This training is e-Business
Training, which is very good for our members,
and very good learning experiences too.
Deadline for registration: Monday 16 June
2008
1) This year the
special cost for BPW members only
is USD 400 instead of USD 500.
Airfare subsidy for Thailand is USD 400.-,
which you will received near the end of
your training.
A. Registration
Due : 16th June, 2008 (Monday)
2) Scholarship
for 2 Young BPW Members: In the
spirit of supporting the growth of young
women entrepreneurs in the APEC region,
APWINC will shoulder full round-trip
airfare** of two Young BPW members.
A. Application
Requirements : Registration Form
+ 200 words essay explaining the candidate's
qualification and how APEC WeBiz can help
her
B. Application
Deadline: 16th June, 2008 (Monday)
Please direct all inquires
and concerns to the APEC Women's e-Biz Training
Secretariat at apwinc@sm.ac.kr
(+82-2-710-9886, 22077-7161). Or
more information ..>>
** APWINC will only support
round-trip airfare of most direct route
economy class ticket. Due to significant
cost difference within economy ticket, we
strongly encourage participants to limit
the options to tickets that are valid for
15days or less. Please have the
airfare approved by APEC WeBiz Secretariat
before purchasing the ticket. |
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Young
BPW Cyprus Leadership Acedemy: "Women
in Leadership - Defining our Strengths"
12-13 April 2008 |
In
the beautiful setting of a 5* hotel, right
on the beach, 22 vibrant ladies enjoyed
a weekend of learning, activities, and fun!
Heleni Argyrou gave a drum inspired creative
and emotional opening to the event. The
trainers, Trish Knight and Carolyn Grady
traveled all the way from the United States,
and managed to impress all the participants!
Despite, the jetlag, they did a fantastic
job presenting various topics, ranging from
identifying the different behavioral styles
and applying more effective communication
techniques, to learning how to listen and
ask the right questions, to improving presentation
skills, to practicing positive thinking
and positive self talk. Miranda Ioannou
presented very useful techniques of investing
in oneself and to safeguard a career. Miranda
Tringis gave an enlightening presentation
on women and wellness. At night, traditional
Cypriot food and wine was savored at a village
taverna. The weekend ended up with excellent
reviews and promises for the organization
of a similar event in the future. And of
course, with many new good friends!
More
information ..>> |
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Young
BPW Istanbul accepted for Gender Training
Course by Council of Europe |
We
are pleased to notify that Istanbul Young
BPW member, Seda Yakinol is accepted for
Gender Matters training course of Council
of Europe in Budapest. She will represent
BPW Istanbul Club in this training course
and she will share her experiences for upcoming
training projects.
Thanks,
Best Regards,
Rooma |
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BPW
International Congress in Mexico
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BPW Travel Proposal Young BPW
Germany is preparing a Post-Congress Travel
from Oct 29 – Nov 3. The travel itinerary
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
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View
the 4th Young BPW International Meeting Online
on Youtube |
Glimpse
- the 4th Young BPW International Meeting
online on youtube.com.Young
BPW Australia compiled videos of the interviews
of Young BPW from all over the world who
attended the 4th International Young
BPW meeting in South Korea
Event coverage and interviews of some of
the participants from different parts of
the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Sz-qtv4T4
Young BPW International Representative –
Interview of Rooma Para: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PcDt2g7S0g
Young BPW members expressing their views
on Challenges for Working Women:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Vs7-eefJc
We are utilizing all channels to make
our members and network more visible!! |
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Young
BPW on Facebook.com – Strengthening
Young BPW Online Community |
Online community and friendship-building
websites are very popular among younger
members. One such web site is Facebook.com,
an online community website that helps
friends to stay connected. Young BPW is
now on www.facebook.com as well. Young
BPW network of friends has already started
using this online platform for interaction
and networking. There are more than 60
members from around the world who are
members of the YBPW Group on Facebook.
This is another channel for staying connected.
We would also encourage more Young BPW
members who are already on Facebook to
join YBPW Group or if you are a new member,
simply create a login on Facebook www.facebook.com
and join the YBPW Group.
Another great tool to network and strengthen
the Young BPW community. Young BPW Canada
is managing this section.
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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 in 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 on 8-9 March.
"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
in 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 point 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 in 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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Young
BPW Europe Weekend, 16 - 18 May 2008.
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Young BPW Ankara and Young
BPW Istanbul , are celebrating the "Young
BPW Europe Weekend" activity which
will be held on 16-18 May 2008 in Istanbul.
Ada Demel, Young BPW Poland and Burcu Gogus,
Young BPW Representative for Turkey and
her team invite Young BPW Europe and Young
BPW friends to Istanbul.
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Interesting
news: Mexico offers buses only for women
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Passengers
aboard one of Mexico City's new women-only
buses.
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 Reforma Avenue chatting
or putting on makeup, instead of fighting
off unwanted male attention.
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.
Mexico City's female-only
buses run along three busy routes throughout
the day for now, but the city plans to add
them to 15 other routes by April, said Ariadna
Montiel, who directs the public bus system.
"Women were asking for this service
because of the sexual harassment, especially
groping and leering," Montiel said.
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 India, Brazil,
Japan and other countries. Mexico City finally
took the action as part of a growing responsiveness
to complaints about discrimination against
women, Montiel said. While only seven female
public bus users complained last year, she
said the real number of offenses was probably
much higher because women rarely protest
openly against sexual harassment. Some women,
like Maria Elena Sanchez, have learned to
take matters into their own hands. A 47-year-old
office messenger who uses public transportation
all day, said she carries a sewing pin for
protection.
"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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