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The International Women’s Forum (IWF) advances leadership across careers, cultures and continents by connecting the world’s most preeminent women of significant and diverse achievement. The IWF brings together an unprecedented global membership to exchange ideas, to learn and inspire, and to promote better leadership for a changing world.

Founded in 1982 in the United States, the International Women’s Forum has grown across 5 continents into 26 nations. There are more than 5,000 women leaders participating in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America.

Membership
Membership in the International Women's Forum (IWF) is by invitation and is influenced by definitive international standards. Members are committed to bettering global leadership today and cultivating women leaders of tomorrow.

Global Programming
IWF provides one-of–a-kind programming designed by world leaders for world leaders present and future. IWF provides a platform for leaders to meet among their peers in an environment where meaningful partnerships and friendships can grow and form.

World Leadership Conference & Gala
World Leadership Conferences, conducted each October, draw women leaders and experts from across the globe who are re-drawing the map for how we’ll live, work, produce, and maintain healthy communities in the coming years. The World Leadership Conference and Gala is a large-scale global leadership event on issues of critical importance and interest to leaders today and for tomorrow. The three-day summit takes members into the private chambers of power for a program that not only provides a platform for exchange and exceptional, global insight, but that also fosters relationship building and provides access for unique cultural experiences. IWF’s cutting edge conferences show the way for leaders, their corporations, organizations and governments to build a better world. The World Leadership Conference culminates with the Gala celebration and the presentation of the International Hall of Fame Awards.

Cornerstone Conferences
International Cornerstone Conferences are held each May in critical regions and markets provide access to leaders with insight on topics impacting international progress, business, economics, ecology, enterprise, and the sustainability of human endeavor.

Executive Development Roundtable
Executive Development Roundtables, produced by the International Women’s Forum with leading corporations and governments around the world, offer seminars customized for organizations sharing IWF’s dedication to developing women’s executive leadership. Executive Development Roundtables are designed to motivate and inspire women with the potential to become leaders and to introduce regional rising stars to an international array of perspectives and leadership styles. Reinforcing best practices in management, innovation and communication, Executive Development Roundtables improve the retention of women with the potential to become high-performing executives by providing them with the opportunity to be recognized and engaged in a singular professional growth and global leadership experience. IWF delivers Executive Development Roundtables worldwide while adapting them to local cultures.

The IWF Leadership Foundation
The IWF Leadership Foundation, founded in 1990, supports the IWF’s educational activities for the public. The Leadership Foundation channels the talents of IWF members and the resources of the International Women’s Forum’s global network into programs that educate, inspire, and empower the next generation of women leaders.

The IWF Leadership Foundation Fellows Program
The Fellows Program, sponsored by the IWF Leadership Foundation in its signature, customized, format, is the leading women’s executive development program in the world today. Providing emerging women leaders with training of exceptional quality and access to IWF’s unmatched network, fellows experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to challenge their assumptions and expand their horizons.

Spread across a year, the program convenes fellows from around the world for a total of 20 days. In partnership with the Harvard Business School and INSEAD, The Business School for the World, the Leadership Foundation offers creative, multidisciplinary training aimed at developing leadership and strategic management capabilities.

In addition to their leadership training, each fellow is matched with an IWF member who serves as her mentor and coach during the program year, a chance for the fellows to garner personal insights and advice from women at the top of their fields.

The Legacy Project of the Fellows Program provides every fellow the opportunity to leverage what they have learned to help expand the leadership capacity of women in their organization and community, and to create a ripple effect that empowers more women to aspire to leadership roles.