IPWS is delighted to announce over 35,000 RMB was raised for the World Academy for the Future of Women over the weekend! We hosted a gorgeous White Party Brunch at the URBN Hotel garden terrace on Saturday and we congratulate our community for such a large contribution to the World Academy! The World Academy for the Future of Women (WAFW) is a bold and daring leadership program focused on developing young women for leadership roles that will address and achieve the […]
The IPWS community has grown since we first started as an organisation in 1993, as a not for profit style group & volunteer Board of Directors, we aim to give back to our professional women through dynamic events and distinct opportunities throughout the year. But each year, we also stop and recognise women in our community who strive to be the best version of themselves and are graduates of the World Academy of the Future of Women. IPWS each year supports the […]
We have some BIG THANK YOU messages to sing out from our powerful leadership hearts after we wrapped the 2nd Annual IPWS Leadership Summit on Friday evening. Sponsorships! Thank you! IPWS recognizes that the success of the 2017 Leadership Summit, featuring the Women Leadership Awards, would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. Through their contributions, we were able to offer our members and community a truly unique, professional and interactive experience in an inspiring atmosphere. A […]
IPWS was overwhelmed with the amount of nominations for this year’s Women Leadership Awards and threw a small party last night to celebrate the strong community of women (and men) leaders! Professionals from diverse backgrounds, nationalities and industries helped make this year’s WLA Nominations a tight competition for the WLA Jury. With almost a week of deliberation & review the WLA Jury Members narrowed down the excellent field of accomplismed professional leaders to just 12 finalists across 6 categories, but […]
In 2016, the WLA entered its 10th year of recognising women’s leadership in business, innovation, social contribution and entrepreneurship… and the 2016 Women Leadership Award Entrepreneur Winner was Dream Weaver Theatre Founder Ann C James. As nominations are still open for this year’s Women Leadership Awards until Friday 21 April, we take the time this week to reflect on last year’s winner, and we hear from her about her work over the last 12 months: My Year as a […]
IPWS annual sponsor, Epermarket, is an online expat supermarket that offers over 7,000 products from reliable brands from around the world at diverse price ranges to be delivered directly to your doorstep. This month, they share with us their expert tips on staying healthy and detoxing our bodies with the help of Superfoods. Our bodies are truly magnificent. While we are busy running around stressing about reports and projects, what to make for dinner, whether the kids had a bath […]
We’re happy to share with you some news about TEDxYouth, who will be bringing their independently organised TED event to you THIS Sunday 2nd April. Stefanie Vallee & Shirley Lei, two of our top IPWS ambassadors will be talking at TEDxYouth on the topic of ‘behind the scenes’. Stefanie Vallee is a previous President of IPWS, a former World Class Athlete, an Executive Coach and International Artist. Joining her will be Shirley Lei, who is a longtime support of IPWS and […]
International Professional Women’s Society (IPWS) community invites an extraordinary member to share their story each month, so we’ve invited Aline Jolly to share about her life for February! Aline Jolly joined IPWS a month after she arrived in Shanghai in September 2016. Before she moved to Shanghai, she was working as Head of IM Operations at AXA Group in France. As she wanted to offer her family the possibility of a great adventure abroad, Aline left her job and moved with […]
Every month International Professional Women’s Society (IPWS) selects an outstanding member to share their experience and story about living in Shanghai and this month we’ve asked Julia Zhu a range of questions, let’s see what she has to say! Julia Zhu started participating in IPWS events from Spring 2016, and has been a member ever since! Julia grew up in Northeast China and moved to the UK to complete her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in International and European Business Law. […]
