BPW Europe
Cooperations
Here you find an overview of cooperations of BPW Europe.
BPW Europe
BPW Europe is represented in the Board of Administration of the European Women’s Lobby. Our BPW Europe Representative are Miette Dechelle and Pille Tsopp-Pagan.
- Here you can read EWL’s response to pay transparency legislative proposal (September 2021)
- Here you can read the previous Flash report – EWL General Assembly – from Amélie Leclercq.
- Here you can read the EWL CSV59 Statement, a document signed by EWL, BPW Europe and BPW International.
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Terms of Reference
Listenelement
As a non-government organization (NOO), BPW International has Consultative Status, Category 1, with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It also has consultative status and special relations with the International Labor Office (ILO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
BPW International has permanent representatives at the United Nations and its agencies in New York, Geneva, Paris and Vienna. These representatives keep BPWI affiliates informed of UN activities and represent their views during meetings, particularly on issues relating to women’s status.
BPW International is actively involved in the INSTRAW Women’s Training Centre, UNlFEM, Project 5-0 International, the ILO Training Centre, Women’s World Banking and over 50 other on-going projects around the world.
BPW International has played a major role in all four World Conferences for Women from 1975 to 1995. In addition, it has sponsored, co-sponsored and participated in regional meetings which have included training seminars, workshops, conferences and trade fairs.
Women Watch is a central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system, including the United Nations Secretariat, regional commissions, funds, programmes, specialized agencies and academic and research institutions. It is a joint United Nations project created in March 1997 to provide Internet space for global gender equality issues and to support implementation of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. Since 1997 the intergovernmental mandate has expanded, for example through the outcome document of the Twenty-third special session of the General Assembly in June 2000 and Security Council resolution 1325 of October 2000. The website now also provides information on the outcomes of, as well as efforts to incorporate gender perspectives into follow-up to global conferences.
Women Watch is an inter-agency website and a good practice example of United Nations coordination and collaboration. It was founded by the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW). Funding for WomenWatch was provided by DFID, The United Nations Foundation, DAW, UNIFEM, ILO, UNESCO, UNDP, UNICEF and World Bank. WomenWatch is managed by the Interagency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE), whose website can also be found on WomenWatch. The Division for the Advancement of Women is the Task Manager. The website is supervised by a voluntary Management Committee which is comprised of a Policy Advisory Group (currently comprised of the Gender Focal Points in DPI, FAO, ILO, ITU, the Regional Commissions Office, UNDP, UNFPA, UNIFEM, INSTRAW and DAW) which meets once a year and a working level Management Group which works with the Division for the Advancement of Women on regular maintenance and improvement of the website. Currently funding is provided by DAW, FAO, ILO, UNDP, UNFPA, WFP, WIPO and World Bank.
The Council of Europe is an international intergovernmental organisation which is located in Strasbourg, France and has currently 45 democratic states as its members. (The Council of Europe should not be confused with the European Union. The two organisations are quite distinct. The 28 European Union Member States, however, are all members of the Council of Europe.)
Any European State can become a member of the Council of Europe provided, it accepts the principle of the rule of law and guarantees human rights and fundamental freedoms to everyone under its jurisdiction.
to protect human rights, pluralist democracy and the rule of law;
to promote awareness and encourage the development of Europe’s cultural identity and diversity;
to seek solutions to problems facing European society (discrimination against minorities, xenophobia, intolerance, environmental protection, human cloning, Aids, drugs, organised crime, etc.);
to help consolidate democratic stability in Europe by backing political, legislative and constitutional reform.
The Council of Europe covers all major issues facing European society other than defence. Fields of activity: human rights, media, legal co-operation, social cohesion, health, education, culture, heritage, sport, youth, local democracy and transfrontier co-operation, the environment and regional planning.
Decision-making bodies and statutory organs
The Committee of Ministers is the Council of Europe’s decision-making body, and is composed of the Foreign Affairs Ministers of all the Member States (or their Permanent Representatives).
The Parliamentary Assembly is the organisation’s deliberative body, the members of which are appointed by national Parliaments.
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe is a consultative body representing local and regional authorities.
