PWN Global Newsletter Q1 2017
Q1 2017
Dear PWN
Community,
Now is the time to stay strong
Women’s rights are a hot topic since Trump’s
inauguration. Many fear this might just be the beginning of an ugly
patriarchal era. It’s now that we need people, women and men, to
stand united for women’s rights, be it for their reproductive rights
or their earned right to lead. Make sure to read on and if you are not
already part of PWN, join our
leading global network of people who believe in balanced
leadership. Please share this newsletter
with your friends and colleagues and encourage others to join
our movement!
On 22nd January millions of people, across the
globe, came together to stand up for women’s rights in the Women’s
March following the inauguration of newly elected President Donald
Trump. It is amazing to see how many more people gathered so
spontaneously for the Women’s March in Washington than for the
inauguration. His response was a devastating blow to these rights by
reinstating the global gag rule. It says a lot about the divide and
that we need inclusive leaders to build bridges, not walls. And that
need is even more imperative since Trump’s immigration ban.
I feel very proud that we are launching multiple
initiatives at PWN networks that will help women stay strong across
the globe, and enable them to assume leadership to build those bridges
and foster inclusion rather than exclusion. These leadership
attributes that women bring more naturally are needed more than ever
to help our organizations and societies prosper.
NEW PWN Global Development Programs
Be it the launch of our International
Mentoring Program or the kick-off of our EU
Business School certified Entrepreneurs Program, we are doing more
and more to support women in creating new opportunities. Find more
about both programs below. And keep an eye on our Lisbon network to
see the great events they will be organizing to mark their 5th
anniversary.
Giving Back – Fellowships and Research
We are also making sure to constantly improve our
offering. Check out our INSEAD partnership that enables our members to
apply for up to 25%
off their executive MBA program fee . And make sure to fill
out this survey – it will only take a few minutes – that we
are running with Madrid University to strengthen our knowledge
of what professional women need from networks like ours.
Awards
The people at the helm of our networks are being
recognized more and more for the great contribution to balanced
leadership. PWN Global board member Rob
Baker recently received the award of ‘Honorable Guy’ from
the Institute of Women’s Leadership, and our Executive
Director Wendy Mackey Jones, has been awarded ‘Iconic
Women Leader’ by the prestigious WEF .
Get Involved
PWN board positions are a great way of advancing
your career and increasing your visibility. At our City Networks we
often have open positions. At PWN Global there is a list of board
members that we are looking to find. We are also keen to find a
digital transformation expert to support us intensively in a 3-6 month
project. If you’d like to find out more about these roles, please be in
touch.
2016 was a wonderful year with great steps
forward with a new website and members platform and our fantastic
global Me-Totem event in November in Milan – check
out the video. Even though 2017 might look a lot more
challenging, I am convinced that if we remain strong it will be
another year of growth, for us as individuals, for our organizations
and for the PWN network.
Sonya Richardson
President,
PWN Global
Member
Spotlight
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We're really
thrilled to announce that PWN Global Board Member and Senior
Partner/Client Director of Mercer, Robert Baker, has been awarded the
'Honorable Guy' award by The Institute for
Women’s... |
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PWN Global
Balanced Leadership
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Working for the Erasmus Centre for Women and
Organisations (ECWO) has given me a different perspective on
gender roles says Anita Otchere, head of marketing with EWCO. Read
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Avivah
Wittenberg-Cox shares her insight on women whose careers have
accelerated as they have approached what used to be
considered retirement age. (This article was originally published by
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PWN Global
Mentoring
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Achieve your goals and boost your career with
PWN’s International Mentoring Program!
PWN Warsaw has initiated an
International Mentoring Program. The goal is to launch a global pool
of... |
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PWN Global
Entrepreneurship
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Registration is now open for
the PWN Virtual Entrepreneurship Program 2017 certified by the EU
Business School.
Do you have what it takes to be
an entrepreneur? On the back of the incredibly... |
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PWN Global New
Networks
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There
is something new brewing in Malaysia and it’s coming from
individuals, a tsunami of intelligent, bright people craving balance
and higher purpose, or called to make a difference. The
brewing... |
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Under the
capable management of Marijana Sarolic Robic, PWN Zagreb
joined the PWN Global family in September 2016 in style –
an inaugural event in the Double Tree by Hilton hotel, with
150... |
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PWN City
Network News
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The
Magical Questions Men Asked To Support The Dreams of
Women
Do you know what a man thinks? We
observe many women discussing their own careers, women’s leadership,
and gender equality in each... |
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Have
you heard about the PWN Women & Money documentary? It’s
the story of a Think Tank team that started taking new paths... Their
findings on Women & Money lead to an extraordinary
opportunity:... |
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PWN
Romania, the strongest women’s professional network in
Romania, hosted a Gala Dinner, celebrating the 5th
anniversary since its establishment and honoring distinguished
personalities who have... |
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PWN Global
President of the Quarter
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This
quarter's award goes to PWN Milan President Roberto
Toniolo.
Roberta has worked tirelessly
with her team to lead the EU funded ME-TOTEM project - an initiative
aimed at fostering gender... |
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PWN Global
Corporate Partner News
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PWN Global was
delighted to take part in the 18th Women in Leadership Forum in Dubai
at the end of October 2016. Held under the theme of “The Future of
Everything”, the 18th edition hosted and... |
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January 1st,
2017 seals the beginning of a new Global Partnership between INSEAD
and PWN. Both institutions share the same objective of advancing women
in leadership through enhancing knowledge,... |
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Expert's
Corner
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Margaret Heffernan thinks deeply about what
makes businesses work, and her answers are often surprising.
At TEDGlobal 2012, she shared a luch acclaimed hypothesis on why
disagreement is vital for... |
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Research
Corner
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PWN
Madrid, along with other organisations, has been chosen to collaborate
with Madrid University in a research study on "knowledge
transfer, human motivation and inter-group
leadership in... |
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Blogger's
Corner
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I was really
interested (and in fact heartened) to read towards the end of last
year that Caroline Lucas, the leader of the Green Party, will be
sharing this role with Jonathan Bartley, who was... |
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PWN Book
Review
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Shift
Into Thrive provides six resilience-building strategies that women use
successfully to thrive in the face of career
challenges. |
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PWN
Recommends
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2016
was quite a year for gender equality – we started with the
pledge
of CEO’s to combat gender disparity at the World
Economic Forum in Davos at the beginning of the year, and in
September... |
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New
Roundup
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With
the US Presidential Elections dominating the last quarter of 2016's
news, here is our round up of some interesting stories we
found - we'd love to hear yours too. Please be in
touch if you... |
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