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Armenian aims to enhance women's economic opportunities

Sona Karapetyan (left) with a participant at an OSCE-supported summer camp for disabled and socially disadvantaged children in Kapan, Syunik province, 18 August 2007. ()

Sona Karapetyan, from the remote Armenian province of Syunik, believes that young people's most important task is to empower their community by participating in civic life.

Election of "virtual" women's government highlights inequality in Serbia

Jelica Minic from the European Movement in Serbia speaks at the end of the media campaign "Vote for Virtual Women's Government", Belgrade, 1 September 2006. Head of Mission Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad stands in the background. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)

To draw attention to the gender imbalance in high-level politics in Serbia, despite the active interest of a number of highly qualified women, the OSCE supported a media campaign to elect a women's "government of experts".

A better response for victims of domestic violence in Kosovo

OSCE Human Rights Adviser Alma Begicevic looks over a new manual to help social workers respond better to victims of domestic violence, May 2006. (OSCE/Dillon Case)

Kosovo's social workers are better equipped to help victims of domestic violence now that they have a comprehensive response manual, developed with support from the OSCE.

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