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• Comment: OK, the subject appears notable however the references are 90% primary sources with few empty links. Also having something like objectives, goals etc seems like an essay. A more brief and impactful contribution of the Society will do. Having fixing all these, do resubmit. Tesleemah (talk) 05:36, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

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European Women's Management Development Network

Abbreviation	EWMD
Formation	1984 (1984)
Type	Nonprofit professional association
Legal status	Association
Purpose	Promote equal rights for women
Location	Wiesbaden, Germany
Region served	Europe and worldwide
Services	Professional development for Woman
Official language	English
Co-President	Nadine Nembach
Co-President	Tanju Cepheli
Affiliations	Global Female Leaders, GlobeWoman, WomanTech Network, Global Woman Forum
Funding	Member fees
Website	www.ewmd.org

The European Women's Management Development Network (EWMD) is an international association of women and men, individual and corporate members from Europe, who together pursue the goal of increasing the proportion of women in management positions. On a political level, the EWMD aims at approving the situation of women on a broader European scale. The EWMD is an NGO and a non-profit network.

EWMD is a European network with national groups, so-called chapters. EWMD is active worldwide, but mainly in Europe. The most active local groups are in, Austria, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Lithuania and Turkey and the ASIA chapter in Hong Kong. Some satellites created by individual members exist e.g. in Taiwan, India, South Africa and New York. The EWMD International office is in Berlin.

History

The European Women's Management Development International Network (EWMD) was founded by women from business schools, universities and international corporations in 1984. The initiator was the European Foundation for Management Development, which believed that women in management needed their own network. The founders included Gay Haskins and Valerie Hammond from England,, Helga Stödter , Ariane Berthoin Antal and Camilla Krebsbach-Gnath from Germany, Frederica Olvidares and Ambra Poli from Italy, Margot Wallström from Sweden and Elisabeth Michel-Alder from Switzerland. These women conducted intensive research into new forms of organization and management concepts. Although from the outset, EWMD was a network for women in management, men, who are committed to achieving equal rights for women, are welcome.

Female founders and their publications

In 1986, Ariane Berthoin Antal and Camilla Krebsbach-Gnath published a study showing that only 1.5% of management positions in West German companies were held by women.

Corporate members

EWMD has corporate members in Europe: These are ASB, Comunicazione, Chiesi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Corrente AG, Daimler AG. In Mercedes-Benz Sustainability Report of 2023 they write to have based their diversity standards on EWMD and other organisationsDeloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund, Gerard's, Hogan Lovells, MVV Energie, Nomesis, Procter & Gamble, Rolls-Royce Deutschland, RW TÜV SAP, Taylor Wessing, TÜV Rheinland and Valeo.

Objectives

EMWMD's objectives are to make women in management visible. This is to be achieved through studies and best practice examples from European companies and businesses. On a larger political scale, EWMD is committed to increasing gender equality in Europe.

Political Work

The Berlin Declaration

In 2017 EWMD joined the German "Berlin Declaration". The Berlin Declaration is a German initiative of 21 women's associations and organisations from business, science, culture and politics with the aim of formulating and emphasising key gender equality policy demands. Before federal elections, the group talks with the leading candidates of the democratic parties on their election programmes and, once the government has been formed, ask federal ministers about the status of implementation. As a result, equality policy laws have been adopted. As an example, on 25 June 2021, the Federal Council approved the "Second Management Positions Act": In listed companies with more than 2,000 employees that are subject to parity co-determination, at least one woman must be represented on boards with more than three members. The regulation applies to around 70 companies, 30 of which currently have no women on their management boards. In addition, all other companies must give reasons if they do not appoint a woman to the board and do not intend to do so. Companies that do not specify a target figure for the proportion of women or do not provide a reason may be sanctioned.

The Brussels Declaration

Following up on the Berlin Declaration, EWMD together with 8 other organisations proclaimed the Brussels Declaration in 2022. Its aim is to increase gender equality throughout Europe. This initiative strives for implementation and monitoring of gender equality on a political, institutional, economical and social scale.

The co-signers of the Brussels Declaration aim to be sparring partners for decision makers at the European level for:

Entrepreneurship and start-ups, investment and funding equal responsibility for family related duties and the change of mindset driven by education.

External links

• EWMD's official website
• WomenOnBoard - Best practices for women in leadership roles
• About the EWMD study 2011
• EWMD Study for German Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend: Managerinnen 50plus
• The Berlin Declaration
• TAZ article from 1991: "Vernetzte Frauennetzwerke"
• Manager Magazin article from 2002: "Schützenhilfe von ganz oben"
• Manager Magazin article from 2003: "Seilschaften für den Karriere-Olymp"
• Manager Magazin article from 2004: "EWMD-Netzwerk
• TAZ article from 2008 "Weniger Chefinnnen"
• TAZ article from 2010: "Wie im Real Life"
• Manager Magazin article from 2011: "Nichts wie raus"
• Teresa Correia de Lacerda, EWMD president from 2009 - 2011
• Mercedes-Benz Group Annual Report 2024