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Pauline Gapper's 90th Birthday
Saturday 1st October 2011
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Pauline Gapper, BPW Hibiscus Coast
Two clubs were formally welcomed at Conference during her term as President
(June 1 965 to June 1 967) Hutt Valley (27 October 1 965) and Hamilton (24 May 1966), both unfortunately have now closed. Other clubs that had formed and held their first meetings during her term as President and were
formally welcomed at Conference 1969 were: Central Hawkes Bay (Waipukurau/Waipawa), Hastings, Tamaki (Southern Auckland/Panmure), Fielding, Tongariro (Turangi), Ashburton, Nelson and Te Awamutu.
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New Horizons For Women Trust Awards in Auckland
An Award ceremony was held in Auckland on Saturday 3 September with a large turnout of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) present. The awards were presented to very worthy recipients already on their journey as adult students. One recipient is doing research on topics centered on women and most were doing second chance education. A new award was for ‘an opportunity’. Students told of the struggle they had in managing children, studying and lack of money. Their gratitude in gaining an award was twofold; the recognition from other women in the community applauding their efforts and for the contribution of money to lighten the burden of managing financially. This was just one of the annual Award Ceremonies held throughout New Zealand.
Business and Professional Women (BPW) has a permanent place on the Board of New Horizons for Women Trust being one of the founding member NGOs. Currently Pat Siversten of Dunedin is the Chair.
Colleen M Brooker and Maureen Eardley-Wilmot, both BPW Auckland members and past Trustees of the New Horizons for Women Trust, were delighted to present awards.
Colleen M Brooker presenting the Peg Hutchison Second Chance Award to Nerissa Baker doing a Bachelor of Applied Science. She hopes to work as an Osteopath..
Maureen Eardley-Wilmot presenting the Rita King Award to Sue Vaughan majoring in mental health and addiction.
PAY EQUITY DISCUSSION CONTINUES.....
Gender pay gap TV1 News 7.7.2011- Thompson's comments spark gender pay debate
Gender Pay Gap - Press release 7.7.2011
Media7 interview with Angela McLeod - Pay Equity Continues video
Media Release BPW NZ - How many Employers think this way? pdf
Question in the house re Pay Equity . Pay Equity - Gender gap pdf
 
The next Congress of the BPW International will be in the beautiful city of Helsinki, Finland. Visit the BPW International web site
http://www.bpw-international.org/events/helsinki-congress-2011
to find updated information about the Congress, Events, Tours etc. Check it often as information will be regularly added.
International President’s Message - Candle Lighting Ceremony 2011
Building on a solid foundation for our future!
Dear BPW Presidents and Members worldwide,
Our 80th anniversary this last year was an important milestone in our organization. As this is my last message to you as president of BPW International it has been a time to reflect on where we are and where we are going and is a turning point not only for BPW International but also for the whole world as we focus on sustainability economically, socially, politically and environmentally.
Our purpose remains unchanged and our aims and goals still very relevant. While there has been some change over the years on the status of women much work continues to remain for us. The huge talent pool of women must be harnessed and utilized to finally fulfill our aims of women taking their rightful place in all decision making roles so that gender equality and diversity becomes a reality for all. BPW international has worked tirelessly on all levels of advocacy for women and in this triennium a major focus has been on opportunities and tools to further business development and economic sustainability as well. The world today is driven economically by women in small and medium enterprises and they are also a majority of our members. BPW International has made strategic partnerships to support our women entrepreneurs in businesses and the professions providing access to training and the global supply chain.
The decisions we make this year at our Congress must serve our organization and women for the future. It is vitally
important that as we review our constitution each and every member engages in this process because we must all
agree that these changes will shape BPW International for decades to come. Our constitution which was revised over
the years by our collective wisdom has served us well. While we now embark to fulfill a resolution to modernize it, let
us all be clear on the impact of the changes that will be made and how it should serve us in today’s world. Consider
all of the structural and governance changes to be sure that we will not be making changes just for the sake of
change. There is a famous saying ‘if its not broken don’t fix it” so as we head to our Congress where collectively the
future will be decided be sure that as a member you are fully informed and take the time to review, listen, engage
and participate. Together we will all be accountable for the outcome.
We must continue to live up to our title of International Business and Professional Women and the expectation of
what we represent. It is time that we appreciate what we have achieved and support financially what is still to come
so that we can unquestionably be the leading organization of women in the world. Our theme “Power to make a
difference” is clearly achievable as we are an international network of women committed to our cause but this also
requires a financial commitment to support our worldwide efforts. It is no longer possible to achieve our many
collective goals on voluntary efforts. We must be willing to invest to achieve results and growth. Our established
foundation is not in question any more but where we are going and how we are supporting it clearly must be.
I hope that our members worldwide are inspired to enjoin on this journey and take pride in our organization to
continue building it for women by women and launch a new era of women leading the world. With the major
initiatives launched in this triennium for Equal Pay Day programs and the Women’s Empowerment Principles we have
shown that we have the Power to Make a Difference so let us strive to do just that.
May the lights from the candles in your Candle Lighting Ceremony unite us all, bringing inspiration, wisdom and strength to continue building on our foundation for our future and dreams of equality, peace and opportunity for all!
Elizabeth Benham President 2008-2011
BPWNZ Conference
April 2nd, 2011
Waipuna, Auckland
Watch for a full report soon
Leadership Forum Report
February 12-13, 2011
The leadership forum was held in Wellington with a variety of speakers including:
• Lisl Prendergast, BPW NZ Young Careers Women (1979) who spoke on the difference between Management and leadership.Lisl quoted extensively some of the great thinkers of the world:
“Know Thyself” on great temple of Apollo in Greece.:
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.” Tao Lao
“Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.” Confucius
“A person is a person through other persons.” Ubuntu
“We don’t come fully formed into the world. We learn how to think, how to walk, how to speak, how to behave, indeed how to be human from other human beings.” Desmond Tutu
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Denise Gluyas, Effective Communication and Effective Teams.Denise spoke enthusiastically about getting uncomfortable in your leadership role – because if you’re comfortable, you’ve turned off. And when you turn off, you’re no longer an effective leader.
As women, we work together well as a team. We need to continue working together to achieve our goals.
TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE.
She asked us to think about: -
What are you going to start doing now?
What are you going to stop doing?
What will you continue doing that you have been doing well?
• Heather Newell, Foresee Communications, gave us a valuable insight into Fundraising.
We learned some interesting techniques for raising funds for projects, for instance.
Fundraising Continuum =donations, funding, sponsorship partnerships, bequests
Talk to people about cause, face to face. (Chugging – fundraising mugging.)
We want to find people who know us and love us and want to support us for a long time.
Members of the Federation Executive spoke on their different roles, leadership, membership, KTA, secretaries (the gatekeepers), projects, issues facing women (powerpoint and new Census book) provided by Dr Judy McGregor of the Human’s Rights Commission and Faye Gardiner on BPW International, United Nations and the newly formed UN Women and Women’s Empowerment Principles.
 Oceania
Sub-Regional Meeting
Oceania Sub-Regional Meeting was held in Wellington 31 July
– 1 August 2010.
This saw a diverse group of women with common aims meet in Wellington to discuss a wide range of subjects from all around the region.
Day 1, Saturday 31 July began after lunch with a short video address from the International President Elizabeth Benham, followed by an introduction and official openingof the Oceania meeting by Susan Jones.
Young Hai Park spoke about the how BPW is undergoing some constitutional reforms to help in the way it executes its programmes setting out the principles for women's empowerment.
Susan snively of PWC gave a comprehensive presentation about women's leadership outlining some good and not so good statistics and facts as well as problems faced by women aspiring to leadership. This was followed by a Q&A session. Faye Gardiner thanked Susan for her thought provoking presentation.
Everyone enjoyed listening to the country reports presented by each of the countries present:- American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, New Zealand and PNG before moving on to a session run by Freda Miriklis on BPW International, the proposed changes and how it all fitted together. Freda included a piece about the next BPW International Congress in Helsinki, Finland in 2011.
The penultimate session of the day offered an Update on the UN and an insight into where and how BPW fited into the scheme of things.
Day 1 closed with Dr JEan Murray speaking in modernising the BPW International Constitutiuon.
The meeting adjourned for Day 1 at 5.35pm. Many of those present met for a meal hosted in Parliament.
Day 2, Sunday 1 August began bright and early with a workshop on Advocacy looking at the issues of Advocacy and Influencing Government Policy including information on the different levels of decision making, where power and influence lie, who makes the policy and how to influence policy, factors which can affect both policy and your influence on it. Somm good examples were provided - illustrating that BPW has successfully influenced policy both in New Zealand and in Australia.
Young Hai Park then provided Asia Pacific Updates with details of International / Regional Conferences and Meetings for 2008-2010 as well as forthcoming International Conferences and Meetings for 2010 - 2011. Young Hai Park concluded with an outline for an Asia Pacific Resolution about funding for the Regional Coordinator.
Before reaching the end, a panel discussion including Anita Scott, Young BPW New Zealanmd and Kate McCauley, Young BPW Sydney discussed the 'future of BPW Oceania' which was opened to the floor.
The meeting was closed by Susan Jones, the Regional Oceania Coordinator - summarised below
- Optimistic for the future of BPW
- 3-yearly Oceania meetingd of BPW Oceania
- E-newsleter
- PNG - BPW are prepared to ensure that PNG is represented at the next round of meetings
- Thanks for the NZ Committee
- Thanks to PWC
Young Hai Park added her thanks to the New Zealand Committee and to the Regional Oceania Coorinator and stated there was a $1,000 reward for those who start clubs in the Pacific Islands.
The meeting closed at 12.39pm
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