IPWS provides support to women across different platforms, and last week we were delighted to partner with Global Business Club (GBC Group) for their Prize Start Up Competition for Women Entrepreneurship, held at Xintiandi’s new Naked Hub. The competition involved eight participants pitching their Start Up concepts to a panel of judges and with a high energy level of passionate start up storytellers combined with audience enthusiasm, resulted in an overwhelmingly positive event for Shanghai’s entrepreneuring community. The GBC Group’s vision is […]
Last Thursday, IPWS joined the British Chamber Shanghai’s Women in Business Focus Group, AustCham, SwissCham, BenCham and MayCham at the fabulously festive venue Calypso for an evening of busy conversations, as we celebrated our connections from the past year. It was a rich evening sharing networks and experiences for some of Shanghai’s top professionals with over 100 women gathering on the rooftop. We were joined by a large group of touring doctoral candidates, from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, from the […]
IPWS is excited to announce Mentor Walks Shanghai will return in March 2017! Working in partnership with M on the Bund and the Shanghai chapters of AmCham, AustCham and BritCham, we’ll all return in 2017 for another year of monthly Mentor Walks for our communities in Shanghai. Mentor Walks brings together established women leaders and emerging women leaders in our community for a morning walk to discuss professional and personal successes, challenges and aspirations. Mentees have the incredible opportunity to seek advice from seasoned […]
IPWS has a unique partnership with Lean In China for we both aim to empower women through our communities and offer personal & professional development opportunities in various ways. It’s our great pleasure to announce their first nationwide survey results are out in a new White Paper from Lean In China, available below in Chinese and English. After Facebook COO’s Sheryl Sandberg famously encouraged women to “lean in” and actively pursue their goals in her book from 2013, Lean In China launched with […]
We are proud to announce IPWS is sponsoring two tables at Chi Fan For Charity this year! It has been exciting seeing Chi Fan for Charity grow beyond Beijing over the years and especially as one of their main beneficiaries is a subject close to our hearts at IPWS: supporting & educating women. This year, IPWS will be sponsoring two tables to directly support the international charity: Educating Girls of Rural China (EGRC) a wonderful organisation dedicated to helping young women from impoverished areas of Western […]
IPWS Partner Limitless Laowai was at the IPWS Leadership Summit to cover this year’s Women Leadership Awards! It was such a pleasure to have Pete Rogers as our guest covering the event, he spoke with Keynote Speaker Brigit Beattie, Michelle Garnaut and IPWS President Tiziana Figliolia. From their website: “Recently, Limitless co-host Pete Rogers sat with speakers and leaders who were featured at the inaugural International Professional Women’s Society (IPWS) Leadership Summit. This landmark event gathered top female leaders from around […]
Meet one of this year’s Women Leadership Awards Juror Josie Zhao (pictured top right, with our WLA Jury Members), Deutsche Bank Chief Operating Officer, in this LimitlessLaowai podcast. In addition to her personal story and view on women leadership, Josie shares her experience with the Women Leadership Awards Jury, and some highlights from our upcoming IPWS Leadership Summit. Women in top leadership is a hot button issue globally. Strategies for improving gender equality in the workplace and training for women who are firmly […]
