BPW International

• Equality Means Business: Putting Principles into Practice, March 9 - 10, 2011
  
• Vice-President Freda Miriklis participated in the discussions about  the collaboration of UN, government, civil society and business to realize the Principles’ empowerment agenda 
  
• President BPW Ankara Club Arranges Turkish Translations of the WEPs
  
• BPW South Africa successfully launches the WEPs.

Equality Means Business: Putting Principles into Practice, March 9 - 10, 2011

One year after the launch of the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs), the Global Compact and UN Women will convene representatives from the private sector, Government, civil society and the UN. The event, held on the occasion of the 100th Annual International Women’s Day, will take stock of how the WEPs have been operationalized to advance company efforts to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community and identify areas for improvement.

BPW International as the leading NGO spearheading the initiative was invited to participate in the interactive session ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS, BUILDING COALITIONS

	President Liz Benham has joined the discussions regarding the global and national stakeholders effort to put the Women’s Empowerment Principles into a practice involving business, government, civil society, UN and the implications for advancing the WEPs in other countries.
	Vice-President Freda Miriklis participated in the discussions about  the collaboration of UN, government, civil society and business to realize the Principles’ empowerment agenda - What does each community see as essential to its mandate – what will the collaboration achieve and how will women benefit?