BPW International is a non-governmental organization founded on August 26, 1930 in Geneva, Switzerland on the initiative of Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips. Since then, BPW International has worked with other international women´s organization and other UN bodies to bring forth a difference in women´s lives locally as well as around the word. It is one of the most influential international networks of business and professional women with affiliates in 96 countries across five continents.