Their economic empowerment programs and projects around the world promote equal participation of women and men in decision-making roles at all levels.
[1] According to their website, members of local, regional and national clubs are to take an active role as professional women "in the economy, politics and society."
[2][3] The International Federation of Business and Professional Women was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, on August 26, 1930, by Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips of Kentucky.
The founding member countries of the BPW International were Austria, Canada, France, Great Britain, Italy and the United States of America.
In 1934, the headquarters moved from Geneva to London, sharing office space at 20 Regent Street with the Electrical Association for Women (EAW).