The International Association of Working Women was established in Los Angeles in 2012 by Heather Donahue. Currently headquartered in Toronto, Canada (with a sister office in Airdrie), the association is dedicated to enhancing the status, improving working conditions and advancing the rights of professional women across all industries including: Film, Television, Digital, Fashion, Music, Art, Journalism, Literature, Sports, Politics, Business and Science. 

Aims and Objectives

• To recognize and reward the outstanding achievements of professional women world-wide. 

• Create networking platforms and opportunities for professional women across all continents.

• Enhance the status of working women. 

• Increase awareness of opportunities in fields underrepresented by women. 

• Encourage diversity and equality in the workplace.

• Prepare women for occupations by creating free global mentorship, internship and training opportunities.

• To collaborate with governments to research, survey and collect data on the needs of professional women for human resource development, social impact and policy change.