本會創立於1994年，組織分佈於世界三大洋五大洲，會員皆為華人工商婦女菁英。成立迄今共有61個分協會，其緣起與組織歷史沿革如下：

●西元1994年6月19曰，本會創會理事長周文璣女士（前明星花露水董事長）於美國舊金山創立「世界中華工商婦女企管協會」，期盼結合全球工商婦女之智慧，強化國際資訊交流， 促進工商經濟發展，並協助政府推動國民外交。

●西元1996年10月2日柯杜瑞琴女士接任世界中華工商婦女企管協會第二屆理事長。

●西元1997年11月19曰更名為「世界華人工商婦女企管協會」，向內政部申請報備登記通過，成為唯一由台灣發展至全球之國際工商婦女社團組織，並以「心懷世界、掌握脈動、建立網絡、發展經貿」為本會宗旨。

●西元1998年4月柯杜瑞琴女士榮任更名後首任理事長〔第三屆〉，並敦聘李登輝總統夫人曾文惠女士為榮譽理事長，創會理事長周文璣女士為永久榮譽理事長。

●西元1998年11月，本會名稱與會徽正式通過經濟部中央標準局註冊及專用權。同年並在美國華盛頓IX：註冊，正式規範會員體使用本會名稱與會徽的權利與義務。

●西元1999年休士頓市長李，布朗頒訂每年5月1曰為「世界華人工商婦女企管協會曰」之榮譽證書予本會。

●西元2000年10月20曰，柯杜瑞琴女士創立「中華民國華商婦女企管協會」，並加入本會為團體會員。

●西元2001年2月本會組織發展遍佈全球三大洋五大洲，遂向內政部正式登記為國際社團。柯杜瑞琴女士連任「世界華人工商婦女企管協會」第四屆理事長，並敦聘辜嚴倬雲女士為榮譽顧問。

●西元2001年10月柯杜瑞琴理事長創辦『華冠獎』選拔頒獎活動，每三年遴選十位世界十大傑出華商婦女華冠獎得主。

●西元2003年南非內政部部長布德萊齊訪華，本會安排布德萊齊部長經貿演說，透過交流增進兩國友邦情誼，促成核准國人赴南非落地免簽証之福祉。

●西元2004年10月林廖玉女士接任第五屆理事長，為符合國際性社團的性質，同年將本會『理事長』職稱更名為『總會長』。

●西元2007年9月黃淑慧副總會長輔導成立本會第35個分會-「世界華人工商婦女企管協會」台北第一分會，廣納更多的優秀婦女菁英加入，以壯大本會。

●西元2007年10月黃淑慧女士接任第六屆總會長，並以「學習成長、經驗交流、資源共享、拔擢領袖、國民外交」為會務發展目標，凝聚全球華商姐妹情誼。

●西元2008年黃淑慧總會長創辦「華冠獎及華冠學苑」研習營，強化工商婦女菁英之經濟競爭力，並營造世華為學習型社團組織。

●西元2009年6月成立本會第三十六個分會-「世界華人工商婦女企管協會」台北第二分會凝聚工商婦女的力量，為姐妹開啟新的人生視野。

●西元2010年10月施郭鳳珠女士接任第七屆總會長，為擴展會務組織，積極輔導新分會成立，建構更為穩固的發展基礎：

●西元2011年2月北德州分會之復會; 2月成立「亞利桑那分會」第38個分會; 5月成立「紐西蘭分會」第39個分會; 9月成立「大台中分會」第40個分會。

●西元2012年4月成立「北加州分會」第41個分會; 8月成立「拉斯維加斯分會」第42個分會; 12月成立「大台南分會」第43個分會。

●西元2013年2月成立「大高雄分會」第44個分會。3月成立「芝加哥分會」第45個分會;3月成立「溫哥華分會」第46個分會;4月成立「新加坡分會」第47個分會;10月成立「模里西斯分會」第48個分會。

●西元2013年 10月陳上春女士接任第八屆總會長，『凝聚、以學習、成長、互惠、分享、互榮』為核心價值，創造全球世華版圖。

●西元 2015 年 7 月成立「大桃園分會」第 49 個分會;11月「阿根廷分會」復會;12月成立「新北市分會」第50個分會。

●西元2016年4月成立「台北市華星分會」第51個分會; 8月成立「台中市華鳳分會」第52個分會; 10月成立「越南分會」第53個分會。

●西元2017年3月成立「新山分會」第57個分會、「吉隆坡分會」第58個分會；4月成立「蒙特婁分會」第59個分會。

●西元2017年8月成立「亞特蘭大分會」第60個分會；9月成立「日本關西分會」第61個分會。

Our federation was formally founded in 1994 , of which organization spanned three main oceans and five major continents. All the members in the federation were elites of Chinese businesswomen. The organization had established chapters ever since, of which background and history are listed as follows:

●On June 19, 1994 , Mrs Wen-Chi Chou, founder of GFCBW (Chairperson of former Ming- Shing Blossom Perfume Co.) established "The Global Chinese Federation of Business Women" in San Francisco, in hopes of uniting the wisdom of global businesswomen, facilitating the exchange of international information, promoting development of business and economy, and assisting our government to promote citizen diplomacy.

●On October 2, 1996, Mrs Ko Tu Jui Chin assumed the position as the second Chairperson.

●On November 19, 1997 ,Mrs Ko Tu Jui Chin renamed the organization as "Global Federation of Chinese Business Women" and filed the application to the Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan for official registration, the federation became the first Taiwan-based global association for businesswomen, with the mission: "envisioning the world; embracing the trend; establishing networks; and developing economy and trade.”

●In April 1998, Mrs Ko Tu Jui Chin assumed the first Chairperson (third term) of the renamed organization and invited Wen-Hui Tseng, the wife of President Teng-Hui Lee, as Honorary Chairperson. Meanwhile, founder of GFCBW, Mrs Wen-Chi Chou was granted the position as Permanent Honorary Chairperson

●In November 1998, the name and emblem of this federation have formally been registered 05 and approved by the Bureau of Central Standard, Ministry of Economics of Taiwan. In the same year, it was registered in Washington D.C., U.S., a procedure that officially stipulated the rights and obligations for the members' using of the name and emblem of this organization.

●In 1999, Houston Mayor Dr. Lee P. Brown set May 1st as "the Global Chinese Federation of Business Women Day" and granted an honorary certificate to this federation.

●On October 20, 2000, Mrs Ko Tu Jui funded The Chinese Business Women Republic of China and was brought into this Federation as group member.

●In February 2001 , the scope of GFCBW spanned three main oceans and five major continents in the world and the organization was applied to Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan for official registration as an international association. Mrs Ko Tu Jui Chin continued to renew her term of office as the fourth Chairperson or GFCBW and invited Mrs Cecilia Y. Koo as Honorary Consultant.

●In October 2001 , Chairperson Ko Tu Jui Chin established "Hua Kuang Award for World Top 10 Outstanding Chinese Women Entrepreneurs," which elected 10 prominent women as winners of the award once in three years.

●In 2003 , Interior Minister of South Africa - Prince Mangosuthu G. Buthelezi paid a visit to Taiwan and made a speech hosted by this Federation, a move aiming to enhance interaction between both nations and promote Transit without Visa for our citizens who travel to South Africa.

●In October 2004, Mrs Liao-Yu Lin assumed as the position as the fifth Chairperson. At the same year, the position "Chairperson" was renamed as "Chief President" in line with the practice of international communities.

●In September 2007, Vice President Shu-Huei Huang helped to open the 35th chapter The First Taipei Chapter of Global Federation of Chinese Business Women, in order to recruit more excellent businesswomen.

●In October 2007, Mrs Shu-Huei Huang assumed the position as the sixth Chief President and set the goals of federation development as learning and growing, experience exchanging, resources sharing, leader cultivating, and citizen diplomacy promoting, so as to strengthen the bond of relationship of our global businesswomen.

●In 2008 , Chief President Shu-Huei Huang founded "Hua Kuang Training Camp", aiming to sharpen economic competitiveness of our top businesswomen and transform GFCBW as a learning type of organization

●In June 2009 , our 36th chapter , the second Taipei chapter of Global Federation of Chinese Business Women was founded, with a goal to rally businesswomen's power and to broaden their horizon.

●In October 2010, Mrs. Feng Chu Shih Kuo has taken up the 7th chairwoman. In order to expand the organization, Mrs. Feng Chu Shih Kuo helped set up new branches actively and established the firmer base of development.

●In February 2011, the North Texas Chapter was restored.

●2011, the 38th Arizona Chapter of GFCBW , the 39th New Zealand Chapter , and the 40th Greater Taichung Chapter was established.

●2012, the Northern California Chapter of GFCBW , the 42th Las Vegas Chapter , the 43th Greater Tainan Chapter, the 44th Greater Kaohsiung Chapter of GFCBW was established.

●2013, GFCBW of the 45th Chicago Chapter , the 46th Vancouver Chapter, the 47th Singapore Chapter, the 48th Mauritius Chapter of GFCBW was established.

●In October 2013, Mrs. Chen has taken up the 8th chairwoman, who is aiming to internationalized the Global Federation of Chinese Business Women based on the core values of “gathering, learning, growing up, reciprocal, sharing, mutually glorious”.

●2015, the Greater Taoyuan Chapter of GFCBW was established.

●In November 2015, the Argentina Chapter was restored.

●2015, the 50th New Taipei City Chapter , the 51th Chinese Star Chapter , and the 52th Taichung Hua Fong Chapter of GFCBW was established.

●In October 2016, the 53th Vietnam Chapter was established.

●In March 2017, the 57th Johor Chapterr  , the 58th   Kuala Lumpur Chapter, and the 59th Montreal Chapter of GFCBW was established.

●In August 2017, the 60th Atlanta Chapter , and the 61th Japan Kansai Chapter of GFCBW was established.