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OSCE-supported women's network in Albania seeks presidential support for electoral gender balance
Publishing date: 9 March 2011
A group of 40 Albanian women participating in an OSCE Presence in Albania project on gender equality asked Albanian President Bamir Topi for support in ensuring women’s inclusion in electoral candidates’ lists for the upcoming local elections during a meeting on 8 March 2011 in Tirana...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina calls for better implementation of Gender Equality Law on International Women's Day
Publishing date: 8 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 8 March 2011 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Vadim Kuznetsov, called for better implementation of the country's gender equality law in a statement released to mark today's 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day...
More must be done to promote gender equality, OSCE Chairperson says on 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day
Publishing date: 8 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
VILNIUS, 8 March 2011 – The 100th Anniversary of the International Women's Day is a call to intensify work to promote gender equality, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said today...
OSCE Presence urges for more female candidates in upcoming local elections
Publishing date: 7 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections, Gender equality
TIRANA, 7 MARCH 2011- International Women’s Day on 8 March and upcoming local elections on 8 May provide an opportunity to underline our continued support of the promotion of gender equality, said the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth today...
Businesswomen and experts discuss women’s entrepreneurship in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 4 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Gender equality
VILNIUS, 4 March 2011- Trends and good practices in women’s entrepreneurship in the OSCE region were in focus during a two-day OSCE meeting that ended today in Vilnius, Lithuania...
OSCE/ODIHR holds meeting to foster dialogue on elections and political participation
Publishing date: 5 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Elections
DUSHANBE, 6 December 2010- Officials from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will discuss the findings and conclusions included in the Office's final report on Tajikistan's 2010 parliamentary elections with representatives of the authorities in Dushanbe this week...
OSCE Presence and Albanian Government hold conference to encourage women to run for public office
Publishing date: 9 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
TIRANA, 9 November 2010- More than 120 women active in political and public life from Albania, Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met today in Tirana in an OSCE-organized conference that encourages Albanian women...