More Female Partners at the top 10 lawfirms

Breaking news: finally there seems be an increase in the number of female partners at the large law firms in the Netherlands. The total number of female partners has increased at the top 10 law firms from 57 last years to 61 this year, whereas the total number of partners decreased in that top 10 from 450 to 430. These data are published in De Stand van de Advocatuur 2010. On 26 March the first copy of this document will be handed over to Saskia Stuiveling, president of the general Court of Auditors and member of the Council of recommendation of the Dutch order of lawyers.

There is also less good news for the champions of diversity: at the top 10 last year  a total of 865 female lawyers worked, this year that number has decreased to 808. Also the number of male lawyers decreased, from 1,211 to 1,168. In terms of percentage the proportion male and female lawyers now amounts to at the top 10 of offices 59.4% for 40.6%, in contrast to last year 58.9% and 41.1%.

This text has been translated from: http://www.advocatie.nl

Our very own Marijo Bos, miracle worker pur sang, thanks to voting support and comments, made it to the FINAL ROUND in the LinkedIn European Business Awards 2010 as candidate to win in the category “Rising Star of the Year”.

The Rising Star of the Year Award will be awarded to a non-board level individual whose initiative and determination has made an exceptional contribution to the success of their business over the last 12 months. They will also have demonstrated exceptional ability to make a difference when working with clients, suppliers, colleagues and stakeholders.”

If anyone deserves to win, it’s Marijo.

We can make that happen. Our Federation connects 3,500 professional women across Europe, many of whom are linked through Linkedin. We should be able to mobilize enough support to surpass the top of the leader board, the felllow who currently holds 931 votes… right?

Voting is easy, follow this link and click the red box: http://bit.ly/3QUnb7

We all stand to gain. How?
Each winner will receive a free year’s subscription to Cisco’s WebEx. It’s Marijo’s great wish to use WebEx to connect all of our growing networks at EuropeanPWN.

Need we say more? What an opportunity for all involved!
May we count on your support too to get the word out?

Vote for Marijo today, and please spread the word.

European Professional Womens Network has five main categories of membership: (1) Corporate (2) Members (3) Honorary (4) MBA Students (5) Staff. Each one of these designations is centrally defined at the Federation level for all of the affiliated networks.

Now-a-days membership in an organization is fairly fluid, in that we have a “rolling admissions” process. There is no fixed “apply by” date – so the membership database is constantly being updated. For the purposes of this data analysis – a capture of the membership data was taken in November 2009. Some of the data has previously been described in the December Newsletter article.

Amsterdam’s membership in 2009 totaled approximately 303 members and is distributed amongst the five categories.

We come from 36 different countries (43 if you include our second affiliation – dual citizenships). A representative distribution in percentages of those reporting data is show below. 214 of our 303 members are included in the following diagram:

Slightly more folks report their nationality as compared to their year of birth. Age is under reported in our database, however the distribution of reported ages is as follows:

The Presidents and leaders of the 17 City European Professional Women’s Network (EuropeanPWN) elected a new Board on Jan 22, 2010. The two day General Meeting was hosted in Barcelona, part of the federation since 2008. In addition to formal elections, the leaders exchanged ideas and insights on EuropeanPWN’s evolving vision, strategy and priorities for 2010 and beyond in response to significant growth in the number of networks, activities and strategic partners across Europe.

Twenty-one of our members gathered at the Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam on 27 January 2010 for New Year’s drinks, followed by an Open Board Meeting of the EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam Board.

Anna Farrenkopf opened the meeting and talked about the history of the network since it was incorporated in 1986, how we got involved in the Federation 5 years ago and the accomplishments of our network builders. This set the stage for an invigorating discussion on our City Network’s ambitions for the future, and our desire to continue to play a lead role in the Federation’s future successes.

The Amsterdam Board members shared their stories on what motivates them and their passion for the network. Their enthusiasm triggered interest with the attendees to collaborate and develop leadership skills by getting involved in exciting projects and opportunities that are unfolding within the Amsterdam City Network organization and on cross-network level.

OBA (the Bieb)
Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam
Oosterdokskade 143
1011 DL Amsterdam

Happy New Year
This is your chance to come borrel with the Amsterdam board.
Ideas, brainstorm, feedback, questions are welcome.

We’ll all be on hand to talk with you about the organization, logistics, planning, future board positions, what’s happening with the federation, and how you can help to grow and to sustain the organization with your participation. “Club business” and updates.

We will meet in the New Library – next to Amsterdam Centraal Station
(same as last year). Join us on the top floor at the bar for tapas and beverages in the La Place Restaurant.

We have also reserved a meeting room – on the 6th floor.

We really enjoyed the productive discussions last year in this format.
Please join us again!

New Year, New Chances.

Proost!

Launched right before Christmas of this year, our brand new newsletter is another great way for you to keep up with the latest news of EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam.

The newsletter will feature highlights from the website, notify you of upcoming events, and keep you updated on our latest initiatives.

To subscribe, simply fill in the form on our subscription page.

Sign up now to ensure you receive the next newsletter. In the mean time, read our first issue from December 2009 here.

This website is a platform for our members to reach each other. It is available to help you spread the ideas in your articles.

So, if you write articles that you would like to see published on the EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam site, here are the steps to follow:

Presentations from our past events are now available to be viewed on our site at:

• http://europeanpwn-amsterdam.net/category/presentations

The presentations continue to be available for download at:

• http://europeanpwn-amsterdam.net/downloads
• or you can download them via your account at SlideShare

On this Queen’s Day, April 30, 2009, the new website of EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam is launched.

Our website at http://www.europeanpwn-amsterdam.net is and has always been our public identity on the internet. It is our online presence for both members and the general public. We have redesigned the website with a focus on usability, accessibility, and open participation.