Present
| Its aims shall be: |
1. |
To organise business and professional women
in all parts of the world to use their combined abilities
and strengths for the attainment of the following objectives
in line with gender sensitive perspectives and fundamental
human rights. |
i) |
to work for: |
| |
a) |
equal opportunities and status for women
in the economic, civil and political life in all countries |
| |
b) |
the removal of discrimination |
ii) |
to encourage women and
girls to: |
|
a) |
acquire education, occupational training and advanced
education |
|
b) |
use their occupational capacities and intelligence for
the advantage of others as well as themselves |
iii) |
to improve the position of women in business,
trade and the professions, and in the economic life of
their countries |
iv) |
to stimulate and encourage in women a realisation
and acceptance of their responsibilities to the community,
locally, nationally and internationally |
v) |
to work for high standards of service in
business and the professions |
vi) |
to promote world-wide friendship, co-operation
and understanding between business and professional women |
vii) |
to undertake projects, philanthropic in
nature and not for profit, that meet the earlier objectives
and help women to become economically independent. |
| 2. |
To collect and present the views of business
and professional women to world organisations and agencies. |
|
Proposed
| Its aims shall be: |
1. |
To develop professional and leadership potential
for women at all levels in order to strive toward equal
participation of women and men in power and decision making
roles. |
| 2. |
To organise business and professional women in all parts
of the world to use their combined abilities and strengths
for the attainment of the following objectives in line
with gender sensitive perspectives and fundamental human
rights. |
i) |
to work for: |
| |
a) |
equal opportunities and status for women
in the economic, civil and political life in all countries |
| |
b) |
the removal of discrimination |
ii) |
to encourage women and girls to: |
|
a) |
acquire education, occupational training and advanced
education |
|
b) |
use their occupational capacities and intelligence for
the advantage of others as well as themselves |
iii) |
to improve the position of women in business,
trade and the professions, and in the economic life of
their countries |
iv) |
to stimulate and encourage in women a realisation
and acceptance of their responsibilities to the community,
locally, nationally and internationally |
v) |
to work for high standards of service in
business and the professions |
vi) |
to promote world-wide friendship, co-operation
and understanding between business and professional women |
viii) |
to undertake projects, philanthropic in
nature and not for profit, that meet the earlier objectives
and help women to become economically independent. |
| 3. |
To collect and present the views of business
and professional women to world organisations and agencies. |
|
Proposed amendment will
take effect immediately after XXVI BPW International Congress.
RATIONALE
In the last triennium (2002-2005) immediate
past international president Antoinette Ruegg has defined
and publicized the aim of BPW as “To develop professional
potentials for women at all levels.” During this triennium
2005-2008, BPW International has been publicizing the aim
of BPW as "To develop professional and leadership potential
for women at all levels" and the AMBITION as "Equal
participation of women and men in power and decision making
roles", which is in accordance to one of 12 critical
areas of concerns in Beijing Platform for Action. Both phrases
are in support of Millennium Development Goal 3 “Promote
Gender Equality and Empower Women”. This has been very
well received by BPW members world wide. So this amendment
is proposed to add both phrases in the AIM of the organization
in the constitution.
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