BPW - Business and Professional Women/USA

Mission Statement

To achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education, and information.

Business and Professional Women/USA, founded in 1919, promotes equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. With 1,500 Local Organizations across the country and members in every congressional district, BPW/USA is the leading advocate for millions of workingwomen on work-life balance and workplace equity issues. BPW Local Organizations provide members with professional development programs, networking, participation in grassroots activism, and opportunities to support scholarships for disadvantaged women.

One of the first women’s organizations to endorse the Equal Rights Amendment in 1937, BPW/USA has been a successful leader in promoting and supporting legislation affecting workingwomen ever since. In addition, BPW educates its members on policy issues and provides them the tools to become effectively involved in policy development in their own workplaces and in grassroots efforts at the local, state and federal levels. BPW/USA members not only work at the grassroots level but support their beliefs financially. BPW’s Political Action Committee (BPW/PAC) provides contributions and endorsements to women and pro-women federal candidates who support the BPW legislative agenda.

BPW Working for Workplace Equity and Work-life Balance

BPW/USA’s commitment to America’s workingwomen is reflected in our Signature Events, programs and work that benefit local communities, aid in the personal and professional development of women, and raise awareness of issues affecting workingwomen among business leaders and legislators.

Signature Conferences, Events and Programs sponsored by BPW/USA and the BPW/Foundation are important tools for communicating the core values of BPW and connecting women across the country as they learn from each other, support each other, network, improve working conditions, and create lifelong friendships.

Who We Are - BPW members are workingwomen seeking to advance their career goals, earn higher salaries, build stronger business, achieve pay equity and equal opportunities, and establish rewarding careers. As all women gain earning power and spending power, they are reshaping U.S. consumer trends. And BPW members are on the leading edge of that trend.

• 75 percent are women working in business
• 30 percent are professionals in the fields of law, medicine, government, finance, education, and engineering
• 30 percent are CEOs, executives and managers
• 30 percent are small business owners
• 70 percent have a graduate or post graduate degree

Business and Professional Women/USA

1900 M Street, NW, Suite 310

Washington, D.C. 20036

BPW Foundation

1900 M Street, NW, Suite 310

Washington, D.C. 20036

PHONE (202) 293-1100 - Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. EST, excluding holidays

FAX (202) 861-0298 (24 hours a day)

editor@bpwusa.org

www.bpwusa.org/

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