BPW Barbados has a number of new and ongoing projects.
The main aim of BPW is to develop the professional and leadership potential of women at all levels. BPW members:·
- take professional responsibility on all levels in the economy, politics and society
- think and act locally, nationally and internationally
- engage in networking, mentoring and lobbying
- enjoy life-long learning
- work with the United Nations and other international organisations
- develop multicultural friendships.
BPW Projects
BPW Barbados Food Security Project
Women’s Empowerment Principles
The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are a set of Principles for business offering guidance on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community. They emphasize the business case for corporate action to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment and seek to point the way to best practice by elaborating the gender dimension of good corporate citizenship, the UN Global Compact, and the role of business in sustainable development. (UNGC/UN Women, 2010)
Click on the link for more information about the WEP’s
We join BPW International in supporting this initiative.
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BPW Shelter for Battered Women- Since 1999
BPW provides Shelter to female victims of gender-based violence and their children. We cater to domestic violence, intimate partner violence, human trafficking, sexual-abuse, rape and other forms of gender-based violence and exploitation. Click the following link to download our brochure for more information: BPW Crisis Centre Safe House Brochure
BPW Crisis Centre – since 1997
Staffed by volunteers, the BPW Crisis Centre offers:
- 24-hour Crisis Hotline
- Short & Long Term Counselling
- Resource materials
- Education, Training & Sensitisation
- Self-Development Programmes
- Anger management & intervention programmes
Mentorship
Members give back to children, young women, and women entrepreneurs and others at various levels.
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