Last month marked the 4th annual Women’s Congress of Poland, the country’s premier event focusing on the empowerment of women.
In fact, Women’s Congress is more of a movement than an event. The movement is non-political and growing both in strength and significance with more than 200 prominent and active women including politicians, entrepreneurs, civil activists, ministers, culture activists and feminists serving on its Council.
This year’s gathering attracted 9,500 participants including Poland’s First Lady and was sponsored by Amway Poland. Themed “Activeness, Entrepreneurship and Independence,” it was the perfect stage from which to present the results of the 2011 Amway European Entrepreneurship Report showing that 68 percent (up slightly from 2010) of Polish people see self-employment positively.