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OSCE White Ribbon Ceremony recognizes individuals’ efforts in promoting gender equality
Publishing date: 23 November 2018
Six members of permanent delegations representing their countries in the OSCE were presented with a White Ribbon Award by the OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, in recognition of their personal commitment and achievements in promoting gender equality. The award ceremony took place at the Hofburg congress centre on 22 November 2018 in Vienna.
OSCE representatives on gender conduct country visit to Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 14 November 2018
From 6 to 9 November, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender, Melanne Verveer and OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Amarsanaa Darisuren conducted a country visit to Uzbekistan. The visit was organized by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office.
Special session of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation marks 18th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, peace and security
Publishing date: 31 October 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
VIENNA, 31 October 2018 – A special session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, held under the Forum’s Swedish Chair, today marked the 18th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security – a landmark document, speakers said, which stresses the importance of full and equal participation of women and men in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security...
OSCE launches online training on mainstreaming gender in the security sector
Publishing date: 11 October 2018
At an event on 10 and 11 October in Vienna, the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department launched an online training course on mainstreaming gender in the security sector.
OSCE and UN Women sign first-ever Memorandum of Understanding
Publishing date: 28 September 2018
NEW YORK, 28 September 2018- The first-ever memorandum of understanding between the OSCE and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) was signed on 27 September by OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and UN Women Deputy Executive Director Yannick Glemarec.
Improving gender mainstreaming migration policies and sex-disaggregated data essential to promoting the rights of women migrants, say gender equality and migration experts
Publishing date: 20 September 2018
Experts and practitioners on gender equality and migration discussed the challenges facing women migrants and good practices to promote their rights at a side event organized by the OSCE Gender Section during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 18 September 2018.
OSCE project on effective criminal justice strategies and practices to combat gender-based violence in Eastern Europe launched in Vienna
Publishing date: 19 September 2018
An OSCE project to support criminal justice systems in Eastern Europe in their fight against gender-based violence, developed by the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD/SPMU), was launched on 20 and 21 September 2018 in Vienna...