Invitation

Dear Colleaques,

International Women and Business Group (IWBG) was founded by Prof.Kıymet Tunca Çalıyurt in 2009. The aim of the group is to discuss and publish on issues related to women and business. The mission of the group is to create a better, qualified and safer business environment for women in daily business life. Please find the list of conference series' organising details and name of the presidents year by year: 

• 1st International Balkan Countries Women and Business Conference - Ohri, Macedonia St.Kliment Ohridski University - President Prof.Dr.Jovanka Biljan (30 September 2011) 
• 2nd International Balkan Countries Women and Business Conference - Edirne, Turkey Trakya University - President Prof.Dr.Kiymet Caliyurt( 22 December 2011)
• 3rd International Balkan Countries Women and Business Conference, Banja Luka, Bosna and Herzegovina Pan European University Apeiron, Prof.Dr.Sanel Yakupovic(10 October 2012)
• 4h International Balkan Countries Women and Business Conference, Bourgas, Bulgaria Bourgas Free University, Prof.Dr. Milen Baltov(20 June 2013)
• 5th International Balkan Countries Women and Business Conference, Belgrade, Serbia Alfa University and Kreativno Pero, Prof.Dr.Olivera Nedeljkovic (8-10 October 2014)
• 6th International Women and Business Conference, Sau Paulo, Brasil Mackenzie University, Prof.Dr.Liliane Segura (21-23 September 2015) UNIVERSIDADE PRESBITERIANA MACKENZIE TRAKYA UNIVERSITY CCSA - Centro de Ciências Sociais e Aplicadas 6 ISBN 978-85-67981-13-0

IWBG had a big step in 2014 and started to publish book series titled "WOMEN AND SUSTAINABILITY IN BUSINESS" in Routledge Taylor Francis. First two book of the series has been submitted to Gower which are titled as follows: 

• Women and Sustainability in Business: A Global Perspective Editor: Prof.Dr.Kiymet Caliyurt, Trakya University, Turkey
• Women in Agriculture Worldwide: Key Issues and Practical Approaches Editors: Amber J. Fletcher, University of Regina, Regina, Canada and Wendee Kubik, Brock University, Ontario, Canada
• UPCOMING BOOK;

Improving Women Entrepreneurship Globally: Obstacles, Challenges and Cooperation

Business Group is a body of scholars who are concerned with: 

 laws and regulations on women & business, 
 national and international applications on women & business, 
 sectoral developments and applications on women & business, 
 national and international non-governmental organisations activities on women & business, 
 ethical issues and cases on women & business 
 corporate social responsibility on women & business, 
 corporate governance regulations and application on women & business, 
 sustainability on women & business. 

International Women and Business Group (IWBG): 
 publishes e-journal, 
 publishes newsletter, 
 join projects on women and business, 
 organises workshops and trainings. 

All of us has a word to say something about the problems women in business so we have a slogan as group "WE NEED WOMEN FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS".

Hope to see you in 7th Conference in University "UKSHIN HOTI" Prizren in Kosova. 

Prof.Dr.Kiymet Caliyurt, CFE, CPE