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OSCE/ODIHR Director Link urges states to recognize serious harm female genital mutilation does to both women and societies at large
Publishing date: 5 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Gender equality
WARSAW, 5 February 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today called on OSCE participating States to strengthen their responses to female genital mutilation as a form of violence against girls and women...
Mission promotes participation of women in National Minority Councils in Serbia
Publishing date: 17 December 2015
The OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Centre for Women Support, civil society organization (CSO) from Kikinda, held on 17 December 2015 in Šabac, north-western Serbia, a conference on the status of minority women in their communities, with specific reference to decision-making opportunities within the National Minority Councils (NMCs)...
Women’s perspective must be part of peace-building efforts in Ukraine, say panellists at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Kyiv
Publishing date: 16 December 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
The role of women politicians in peace-building efforts was the focus of a panel meeting in Kyiv on 16 December 2015, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Equal Opportunities Inter-Faction Union of the Ukrainian Parliament.
OSCE-supported plan towards a gender-sensitive parliament in Montenegro presented in Podgorica
Publishing date: 14 December 2015
Content type: News
What we do: Gender equality
A roadmap towards a gender-sensitive parliament in Montenegro with the aim of better integrating gender equality in the legislature, was presented in Podgorica on 11 December 2015. The document was developed with support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan launches White Wristband Commitment campaign on activism against gender-based violence
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2015 – Today the OSCE Office in Tajikistan jointly with the Tajik Parliament is launching a public campaign, Men Engage to Combat Violence against Women – White Wristband Commitment, as a part of the international campaign 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence...
OSCE Mission to Moldova concludes series of seminars on addressing gender inequalities and combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
On 8 December 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held the last in a series of seminars for college and university students on gender equality, domestic violence and family counselling. The final seminar, held in Balti, provided 35 students and teachers of social work with information on assisting the victims of domestic violence and on rehabilitating the perpetrators of domestic violence...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes networking meeting on gender mainstreaming within law enforcement agencies
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
SKOPJE, 9 December 2015 – Fostering a gender balance and promoting women’s rights in the police service is the aim of today’s OSCE-supported networking meeting taking place in Skopje, which will bring together 35 representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA), the national Police Union and the Association of Women in the Kosovo Police (AWKP)...