Contact BPW/OHIO

Toll Free
1-866-OHB-PW4U
1-866-642-7948
Email
ohbpw4u@hotmail.com

Why BPW?...

DID YOU KNOW? . . .

• Since 1981, the wage gap has narrowed to 74% - a decline of about a penny a year! For the same or comparable work. WHY?
• The average woman loses approximately $420,000 over a lifetime due to unequal pay practices. WHY?
• Among college graduates, women earn 15% less than men. WHY?
• The highest level of women corporate officers can be found in savings institutions (22%) while the lowest is found in brokerage firms (4%). WHY?
• Almost 12 million women work for small firms that do not offer pension plans. WHY?
• Women hold 25.1% of the 323 available statewide elected executive of offices in 1997, an increase from 18.2% in 1992.
• Most women will spend 17 years caring for their children and 18 years helping en elderly parent. Approximately 89% of all women over the age of 18 will be caregivers to children, parents or both.
• The span from 1910 to 1985 realized only an 8% gain in the number of female college faculty members.
• Women direct approximately 43% of all foundations in the U.S.!
• Approximately 19% of women in the U.S. do not have health insurance.
• Annually about 1,000,000 women become victims of violence at the hands of an intimate - a husband, ex-husband, boyfriend or ex-boyfriend.
  
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  Benefits of Membership
   

• Personal and Professional Development
• Networking Opportunities
• Political Awareness
• Community Involvement

Membership
Whether you are a professional,  hold a traditional or non-traditional job, are just entering the workforce, or are ready to retire a membership in BPW is for you with 26,000 nationwide members, BPW is an organization that works with you and speaks for you!

If you are interested in networking, learning new skills, mentoring, looking for opportunities to experience leadership positions, on the local, region, state, or national levels, BPW is for you!

When you join BPW, you become a part of an association that is dedicated to meeting the needs unique to working women! Membership is open to all women and men who want to help further BPW's commitment to helping women in the workplace.... BPW is for you!

Join BPW through your local organization. With membership in a local, you also gain membership in the state and national BPW organizations.... and all the benefits of an organization dedicated to the needs of working women.