Antoinette Rüegg
(Lena Madesin Phillips Award) 
Rosmarie Michel
(Badge of Honor Award) 
TuulikkiJuusela
(Badge of Honor Award) 
Willy van Eersel
(Badge of Honor Award) 
Salima Ahmed
(Gertrude Mongella Award) 
Ari Canonica (Presidents Award)
Candidate : BPW Egypt
Candidate : BPW Brazil
The winner : BPW Egypt.
In 2017, the 28th BPW International Congress will be held in Egypt
BPW International President – Freda Miriklis (Australia)
First Vice President – Huguette Akplogan Dossa
Second Vice President – Jill Worobec (Canada)
Executive Secretary – Dr. Yasmin Darwich (Mexico)
Finance Director – Geva Murano (Australia)
Young BPW Representative – Anastasia Victoria Safarian (USA)
Regional Coordinators:
AFRICA – Adenike Adeyanju-Osadolor (Africa)
ASIA PACIFIC – Susan Jones (Australia)
EUROPE - Sabine Schmelzer (Switzerland)
LATIN AMERICA – Maria Elvira Salles Ferreira (Brazil)
NORTH AMERICA – Bessie Hironimus (USA) 
Liz Benham, BPW International Past President, and Freda Miriklis BPW International President.
 
President BPW International, Freda Mirikli; Past President Liz Benham;
Regional coordinator Africa, Huguette Akplogan Dossa and the African BPW Presidents.
Singing "Women of the World" with Jeanette Arsenault
Organisation committee
Insil Lee, BPW Korea, and Hui-Cha Park, BPW China.
BPW Latin America: Graciela de Oto, BPW Argentina; Irma Martinez, BPW Mexico;
Aurora Picallo, BPW Argentina; Arlette Neyens, BPW Argentina;
Maria Cristina Cavalli, BPW Argentina; Mariana Muñoz, BPW Ecuador.
Hanadi Hussein, President BPW Sudan, Samira Taha, BPW Sudan.
Susan Chepkurui Kimosop, BPW Kenya, and Gabriele Jirkal, BPW Austria
Angela McLeod, BPW New Zealand, and Graciela de Oto, BPW Argentina.
BPW Africa and BPW Switzerland
Omnia Fahmy, Vice-President BPW Egypt, and her daughter Vida Tarek, 11 years old.
Workshop on Equal Pay Day, Bettina Schleicher, Coordinator Equal Pay Day, BPW Germany.
Workshop "How to gain access to increased opportunities for women in the global supply
chain" Meg Jones and Patricia Francis from International Trade Center (ITC).
Workshop "The power of working with business leaders & CEO's for world-changing impact"
Marcio Fortes (Brazil).
World Coffee on Values of the BPW
Young BPW: (from left to right) Kathrin Cicoli BPW USA, Céline Zosso BPW Switzerland,
Mathilde Roch BPW Switzerland, Inès Martin, BPW Germany.
BPW Japan sells yellow jackets. The benefit will be donate to the victims of the disaster:
"the road to recovery from disasters by women: recover, rebuild, renew."S
Patricia Francis, Executive Director of the International Trade Center, and Liz Benham,
President BPW International, sign an agreement to promote women-owned business.
BPW from the great staff of volunteers:
Leena Pekkola, Aira Pellinen, Kirsi Mäkinen, Anneli Luoma-Kuikka.
BPW Nigeria is the biggest african delegation in Helsinki.
(from left to right) Dr. Ayo Alaga, Olusola Ladokun, Adelugba Olufunmilola, Kareem Omotayo,
Oluyemisi Sanni, from BPW Ibadan.
BPW Europe elected its candidate for the position of Regional Coordinator Europe 2011-2014:
Sabine Schmelzer, President BPW Switzerland (left), with Monique Ryser, Vice-President BPW Switzerland.
The red purses, symbol of the equal pay for women, are exposed before the auction
President's report
1st Vice-President's report
2nd Vice-President's report
BPW delegates
BPW observers
Singing "Women of the world" 
Head of credential chair : Ann Swain, BPW UK.
First participation at an international congress : BPW Malta.
From left to right : Stephanie Falzon, Tania Merciera, President BPW Malta, Mary Genuardi
BPW Cote d'Ivoire printed a textil with BPW logo :
from left to right Dr. Gertrude Mampwe, Silvia Mwansa President BPW Zambia, Lekiwec C. Zulu from BPW Zambia
Patty Ann Flood, BPW Bermuda, Tamara Flood, her daughter, BPW Bermuda, Anneli Majuri, BPW Brazil
BPW Spain, with the President of BPW Madrid (right) founded a month ago
BPW Switzerland
Young BPW night out
BPW USA
Regional meeting BPW Asia Pacific
Regional meeting BPW Africa
Regional meeting BPW Europe
Regional meeting BPW North America
Regional meeting BPW Latin America
Introduction to the opening ceremony
Liz Behnam, BPW International President, opens the Congress
BPW Finland President: Leena Roivas
BPW International, Executive Board, 2008-2011
They all were once BPW International President !
Video message from Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
Video message from Michelle Bachelet, UN Women
Finish dance
Opening ceremony : 625 BPW participants and friends
2 young Women Finnish Folk musicians 
2 Young BPW’s carrying the BPW Finland Flag and the BPW International Flag
Reception for BPW International, Korea Embassy, June 16
as the next BPW International congress will be held in Jeju, Corea.
BPW Corea
Reception of the Mayor of the City of Helsinki, June 16.
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