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2026
Election of Myriam Heidelberger Kaufmann as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
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2024
Election of Sandra Jauslin and Myriam Heidelberger Kaufmann as Co-Presidents of BPW Switzerland.
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2022
Election of Claudine Esseiva and Sandra Jauslin as Co-Presidents of BPW Switzerland.
BPW Switzerland celebrate their 75th anniversary.
Click here for the anniversary edition of the Courrier.
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2021
Election of Catherine Bosshart-Pfluger (Club Fribourg) as President of BPW International.
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2020
Election of Claudine Esseiva and Beatrice Lüthi as Co-Presidents of BPW Switzerland.
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2019
Election of Claudine Esseiva as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
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2016
15th European Conference in Zurich.
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2015
Election of Elisabeth Bosshart as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
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2012
Start Project Women on Board: BPW are strongly in favour of equal representation of women in executive positions.
2010
Founding BPW Club Kreuzlingen and BPW Club Lake Geneva
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2011
Election of Monique Ryser as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
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2009
First Equal Pay Day in Switzerland: Equal Pay Day marks the day when women stop working for free,
while men receive wages from 1st January.
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2008
Election of Sabine Schmelzer as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
Gabriella Canonica was the first elected Vice President of BPW International.
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2005
Election of Sanja Ronga as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
XXV International Congress in Luzern for the 75th anniversary of BPW International.
Founding BPW Club Neuchâtel
2004
Founding BPW Club Baselland an BPW Club Engiadina
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2002
Election of Annette B. Isenschmid as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
Election of Antoinette Rüegg as President of BPW International
at the Congress in Melbourne.
2000
Founding BPW Club Rheintal
1999
Election of Brigit Pedolin as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
1998
Founding BPW Club Interlaken-Oberhasli and BPW Oberaargau
(formerly Langenthal Huttwil)
1997
Founging BPW Club Freiburg/Fribourg and BPW Club Uri
1995
Election of Antoinette Rüegg as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
Founding BPW Club Zofingen
1996
Founding BPW Club Biel/Bienne
1993
Founding BPW Club Ob-Nidwalden
1989
Election of Daniela Zappa as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
Founding BPW Club Zug and Toggenburg
1988
Founding BPW Club Chur
1986
Election of Juliana Schwager as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
Founding BPW Club Oberthurgau
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1985
International Golden Jubilee Congress of BPW International in Montreux.
Founding BPW Club Jura
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1983
Election of Fränz Koenig as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
Rosmarie Michel was the second Swiss to be elected
President of the BPW International.
Founding BPW Club Ticino and BPW Club Wil
1978
Election of Erna Hamburger as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
1977
Founding BPW Club Rapperswil
1976
Founding BPW Club Baden
1974
Founding BPW Club Schaffhausen
1971
Election of Rosmarie Michel as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
1969
Founding BPW Club Valais (formely Sierre)
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1968
Madeleine Jaccard became the first French speaking elected Central President of BPW Switzerland.
Her presidency was all about the vote on women's suffrage.
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1697
under the presidency of Gertrud Waeckerlin,
BPW Switzerland joined the Federation of Swiss Women's Organisations BSF (now allianceF).
1965
Founding BPW Club Frauenfeld
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1962
Election of Gertrud Waeckerlin as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
1960
Founding BPW Club Winterthur
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1959
Elisabeth Feller was the first Swiss woman to preside over BPW International.
Founding BPW Club Lenzburg and BPW Club Vaud ( formely BPW Club Lausanne)
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1956
Election of Marta von Greyerz as Central President of BPW Switzerland.
Switzerland in the SAFFA in 1958 in Zurich. More than 100 women's associations were involved, and more than 1.9 million women and men
visited the “Schweizeische Ausstellung für Frauenarbeit” (SAFFA, English: Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work), which was exclusively
organised and designed by women.
Founding BPW Club Davos Klosters and BPW Club Glarus
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1955
Over 500 BPW from about 20 countries travelled to Bern in August 1955 for the 25th anniversary of BPW International.
At the official ceremony in the League of Nations’ hall, the women were outraged by the lack of the right to vote
of the Swiss women and made this clear during the speech by State Councilor de Senarclens.
1954
Founding BPW Club Olten
1952
Founding BPW Club Genève
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1950
BPW Switzerland was officially admitted to the International Federation at the International Congress in London.
Switzerland impressed their fellow sisters at this congress with a delegation of over 20 women.
Founding BPW Club Thun and BPW Club Aarau
1949
Founding BPW Club Luzern and BPW Club St.Gallen/Appenzell
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1947
In Zurich's Hotel Königsstuhl, BPW Switzerland was founded in the presence of 29 women on September 11, 1947.
Thirteen women joined BPW Switzerland and elected the Horgen-based manufacturer
Elisabeth Feller (1910-1973) as their first president.
The close cooperation with the well-known paediatrician Marie Meierhofer resulted in a
nursery that is still groundbreaking today. As an employer, Elisabeth Feller lobbied for years for the postulate
“equal pay for equal work”.
The successful entrepreneur was one of the first women to sit on the boards of major banks and insurance companies.
Further, she committed herself with dedication for a generous development and refugee policy.
She was the first non-English speaking president of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women and,
within this position, a member of various departments of the UN,
Vice President of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO, a member of the
Swiss Commission for Technical Cooperation and the Committee of the Swiss Foundation for Technical Development.
Founding BPW Club Basel
1946
Founding BPW Club Bern
1945
Founding BPW Club Zürich
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1930
Lena Madesin Philips (1880-1950) founded the BPW International in Geneva on August 30th, 1930,
in the presence of 200 women from 16 countries.
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1919
The first BPW gathered in in Kentucky, USA.
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