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| Alliance of Business Women International Nonprofit organization founded to encourage and support business women involved or interested in international trade opportunities. Chartered in the West, with executive offices located in California and Illinois, its main purpose is to aid and support future and existing business connections within the group's network, as well as to form a strong national and international infrastructure for future expansion and realization of ABWI goals and objectives. |
| American Business Women's Association Works to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support and national recognition. |
| Association of Women's Business Centers Association of Women's Business Centers supports entrepreneurial development among women as a way to achieve economic self-sufficiency, create wealth and participate in economic development through education, training, mentoring, business development and financing opportunities. |
| Business Women's Network Network that offers women entrepreneurs access to over 6,500 national or international women’s professional organizations and opportunities to participate in events geared toward women in business. |
| Businesswomen's Association The largest and most prominent association of business and professional women in South Africa, and the voice of women in business. Through strategic partnerships with sponsors, nonprofit organizations, leading companies, business schools and international associations, it provides ongoing opportunities to advance the interests of women in business. Members include entrepreneurs, professionals and senior decision makers. |
| CARE A leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty, CARE focuses on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives. |
| Digital Women Provides free business resources and tools including information about grants for women, loans for women, business tips, work at home business ideas, marketing and sales tips, mission statement writing, how-to business articles and opportunities to promote your woman-owned business. Includes over 900 pages of business resources and links. |
| Downtown Women's Club Founded as a networking organization in Boston by a group of energetic and enthusiastic young professionals in 1998, and has evolved into an online and in-person community designed for smart and sophisticated businesswomen on the go. Their mission is to empower women through access to information and opportunities for collaboration. CEO Diane K. Danielson is co-author of Table Talk: The Savvy Girl's Alternative to Networking. |
| EnterpriseWorks A nonprofit organization utilizing resources and expertise to build businesses, explore career options and maximize self-reliance opportunities for people with disabilities, women and youth. |
| Forté Foundation A consortium of major corporations, top business schools, and influential nonprofit organizations that in only three years has become a powerful change agent in educating and directing talented women toward leadership roles in business. |
| Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives A networking, educational and social organization for women entrepreneurs and executives who are actively engaged in high growth companies. FWE’s mission is to accelerate women’s opportunities to start, manage, lead and invest in market-leading companies by providing its members with powerful access to powerful networks. |
| National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) The voice of America's 10.4 million women-owned businesses. Since 1975, NAWBO has helped women evolve their businesses by sharing resources and providing a single voice to shape economic and public policy. NAWBO is the only dues-based national organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs across all industries. Membership is open to sole proprietors, partners, and corporate owners with day-to-day management responsibility. |
| National Women's Business Center Founded in 1996 by Congressional action and mandated funding through the US Small Business Administration’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership, the Center has helped over 12,000 entrepreneurs start their own business or propel their existing businesses to success. |
| National Women's Business Council A Federal advisory council that serves as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners. |
| Quantum Leaps, Inc. A non-profit organization created to promote women in business globally, Quantum Leaps helps women in businesses make big economic strides by connecting key stakeholders, distributing timely information and best practices within and across countries, and linking effective programs with resources. |
| The Committee of 200 The Committee of 200 is the professional organization of preeminent women entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. The organization capitalizes on the power, success and influence of businesswomen in the global economy. Over 470 women members now represent more than 80 industries, including manufacturing, technology, and finance. |
| The National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science (IWITTS) Provides the tools to successfully integrate women into male-dominated careers—such as technology and law enforcement—via our training, publications, products, e-strategies, and technical assistance. We work nationally and our audience includes educational institutions, police departments, employers, and women and girls themselves. Careers range from automotive technician to pilot, computer networking technician, telecommunications engineer, electrician and police officer, to name just a few. |
| The Women's Business Center Program of the Small Business Administration Represents a national network of more than 100 educational resource centers designed to assist women in starting and growing small businesses. WBCs operate with the mission to level the playing field for women entrepreneurs, who still face unique obstacles in the world of business. To find the women's business center nearest you, choose from the dropdown menu (organized alphabetically by state): |
| Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) Helps women learn to earn, with programs emphasizing literacy, technical and nontraditional skills, the welfare-to-work transition and career development. WOW leads the National Women's Workforce Network, which is comprised of organizations committed to increasing women and girls access to well-paid work and the Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Project (FESS). |
| Women Employed Aims to make life better for working women, with core values focused on full and fair economic opportunities, including better career options and higher pay, more opportunities for training and education, and strict enforcement of fair employment laws. |
| Women Entrepreneurs Inc. (WE Inc.) A nonprofit business association that works to improve and enhance the economic climate for women's entrepreneurship. By advocating for policy solutions that encourage business ownership by women, and providing information and resources to entrepreneurs at all stages of their business development, WE Inc. aims to increase economic opportunity and financial security for those seeking the risky but rewarding path of entrepreneurship. |
| Women Entrepreneurs of Canada (WEC) Canada’s leading organization that champions and facilitates women’s entrepreneurship. WEC members value and actively support women’s entrepreneurship as a definitive career path. WEC connects women entrepreneurs and supports their growth and development by providing meaningful networking opportunities and training on building entrepreneurship acumen and business leadership capacity. |
| Women Impacting Public Policy A bipartisan organization which educates and advocates on behalf of women and minorities in business. WIPP reviews, provides input, and has taken specific positions on a broad range of current legislation and/or policies such as leveling the playing field for women-owned and minority-owned businesses, opening up federal procurement policies for small businesses, and the implementation of well-established federal law which seeks to encourage women and minorities in the marketplace. |
| Women In Technology International (WITI) Provides a platform of connections, resources and opportunities for women in business; creates a pipeline of women to fill leadership positions in corporate America; and demonstrates that advancing women directly contributes to the prosperity of all. |
| Women Presidents' Organization Provides opportunities for top women business owners whose businesses are at the same level to meet and together drive business breakthroughs. It is a forum for CEOs who are often isolated and would like to develop relationships with peers who can serve as sounding boards and sources of ideas and strategies for growing their business. |
| Women's Leadership Exchange (WLE) A multi-media company founded by and for female entrepreneurs. Featuring educational conferences around the U.S. for already established businesses, the WLE offers women entrepreneurs access to the tools and connections that drive business growth. The WLE mission is to help develop more women leaders in business and other areas of human endeavor by connecting women with top business experts, corporate leaders, and with each other. |
| Work4Women Provides tools, strategies and a virtual community to help increase women and girls' integration and retention in high-wage jobs that are considered nontraditional for women (where women comprise 25% or less of the workforce). |
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