Research

Established in 1956, Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation became the first foundation dedicated to conducting research and providing information solely about working women.

Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation is transforming workplaces with women and employers. Through its groundbreaking research and unique role as a convener of employers and employees, BPW Foundation strives to redefine today’s workplace. BPW Foundation encourages partnership to create successful workplaces. Successful Workplaces are those that embrace and practice diversity, equity and work-life balance.

Rawalt Online Resource Center

An online clearinghouse and the hub of BPW Foundation’s knowledge-sharing activities. Entering into the 21st Century, BPW Foundation knows that information is not enough…it is knowledge that drives change. BPW Foundation has expanded the scope of the resource center to meet the need for on-demand knowledge. Users can access a growing archive of current and historical documents and articles on issues affecting workingwomen and their employers including dissertations, issue papers, bibliographies, conference presentations and recordings of the foundation’s audio conference series.

Women Veterans in Transition Research Project

This primary research provides information and resources about women veterans transitioning from the military into the civilian workplace. This project shines light on ways to support the unique needs of women veterans. WVIT results and recommendations can be applied to other workforce groups including non-veteran women and male veterans.

Issues

Business and Professional Women’s Foundation is transforming the workplace with women and employers. Our role is to convene employees and employers to create solutions that improve the workplace for today’s workforce. The work of BPW Foundation focuses on two issues: Successful Workplaces and Empowered Workforce.

Successful Workplaces

BPW Foundation began the Successful Workplaces Movement to collaborate with employers to transform and redefine today’s workplace. It combines research, policy, resources and programming in order to create systemic change. Such change is necessary to build supportive and successful workplaces; and to break down the final barriers to the full participation of women in the workplace. Creating systemic, sustainable change requires the collaboration of employees, employers and policy makers.

Empowered Workforce

In order to create Successful Workplaces, the U.S. workforce must be productive, strong and skilled. To that end, the work of BPW Foundation supports workforce development. Specifically, BPW Foundation conducts research and produces programming that empowers the workforce.

BPW Foundation’s research provides insight to employers and policy makers on the needs and challenges of key groups of working women with a variety of skills and educational attainment. BPW Foundation also provides programming to employers and employees in order to encourage discussion, improve productivity and create solutions, such as events, publications and online resources.