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It includes Portuguese businesspeople that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for articles about women in business from the European country of Portugal .
Portuguese and Spanish are the main work languages OAS: 4 (English, French, Spanish) Organização dos Estados Americanos Washington, D.C., United States OIAS: 2 (Spanish) Organização dos Estados Ibero-americanos Madrid, Spain: PATHF: 3 (English, Portuguese) Federação Pan-Americana de Andebol Guaynabo, Puerto Rico: Rio Group: 2 (Spanish ...
International Council of Women – founded in the year 1888, first international women's organization; International Federation for Research in Women's History – founded 1987, organizes international conferences; International Federation of Business and Professional Women – founded 1930, network for professional women
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The International Federation of Business and Professional Women was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, on August 26, 1930, by Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips of Kentucky. As President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in the United States, Phillips had organized several trips to Europe in 1928 and 1929 to network with business and professional women in Europe.
The first attempt to found a Women’s Council in Portugal was at the beginning of the 20th century, when Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos endeavoured to "bring together some ladies who speak English - and who wish to collaborate in the feminist movement" in order to meet a visiting Canadian feminist, Sophia Sanford.
Corporate support for women in business is also on the rise, with grants made available to help women in business. [42] [43] Affirmative action has been credited with "bringing a generation of women into business ownership" in the United States, following the 1988 Women's Business Ownership Act and subsequent measures. [44]
The Movimento Democrático de Mulheres (MDM) had its roots in earlier women's movements in Portugal, such as the Liga das Mulheres Republicanas (League of Republican Women), which operated from 1909 to 1919, the Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas (National Council of Portuguese Women - CNMP), which functioned from 1914 to its closure by the Estado Novo in 1947, and the Associação ...