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Women should be fully and broadly involved in efforts to counter violent extremism and terrorist radicalization
Publishing date: 14 May 2014
The OSCE and the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) concluded on 14 May 2014 in Istanbul a joint workshop on women’s roles in countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism. More than 20 speakers, including women members of national parliaments, women’s rights advocates and community leaders, shared their experience and insights with participants from governments and civil society from across the world...
National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security in focus at OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 4 April 2014
Experts from OSCE participating States, and representatives of academia and civil society came together for a workshop in Vienna on 4 April 2014 to discuss the first study on existing National Action Plans on implementing Women, Peace and Security commitments in the OSCE region...
OSCE Senior Gender Advisor highlights need to engage men to achieve gender equality at UN event in New York
Publishing date: 14 March 2014
The OSCE’s Senior Gender Advisor, Ambassador Miroslava Beham, highlighted the need to actively engage men to achieve gender equality, during the 58th annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women on 10 to 14 March 2014 at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York...
OSCE regional workshop explores role of community police in fighting domestic violence
Publishing date: 28 January 2014
MINSK, 28 January 2014 – Helping police to better respond to cases of domestic violence was the focus of a two-day OSCE regional workshop, which opened in Minsk today, for members of community police from Belarus and Moldova...
White Ribbon pledge shows men’s support to OSCE action to stop violence against women
Publishing date: 12 December 2013
Six male diplomats and military officers today received white ribbons to honour their work to stop violence against women...
OSCE senior gender officials visit Switzerland; discuss OSCE gender equality commitments and preventing domestic violence
Publishing date: 11 December 2013
OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues Ambassador Miroslava Beham and OSCE Special Representative on Gender Issues June Zeitlin completed a three-day visit to Switzerland on 11 December 2013, where they held discussions with representatives of the Swiss government and civil society on the implementation of the Swiss Gender Equality Law and the UNSCR 1325 National Action Plan, as well as efforts to prevent domestic violence...
Women, peace and security: participants of OSCE event in Kazakhstan say it’s time to move from theory to action
Publishing date: 12 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
The OSCE Gender Section in co-operation with UN Women and the authorities of Kazakhstan held a two day-conference from 11 to 12 November 2013 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to put forth recommendations and share good practices in the implementation of the principles of the UN Women, Peace and Security agenda...