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OSCE Secretary General and OSCE/ODIHR Director call on states to enhance efforts to prevent and stop violence against women
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
Content type: Press release
What we do: Gender equality
VIENNA/WARSAW, 26 November 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Michael Georg Link today called on participating States to systematically prevent and stop violence against women
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports discussion on strengthening role of police in combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
A roundtable discussion on the outcomes of a project supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and implemented by the Social Justice NGO with the aim of strengthening the role of police in combating domestic violence was held on 26 November 2015 in Yerevan...
International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women in focus of OSCE-organized press conference in Podgorica
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was in focus of the press conference organized by the OSCE Mission and its partners on 25 November 2015 in Podgorica, which marked the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender-based violence in Montenegro...
OSCE Presence in Albania brings together newly-elected women officials to learn new skills, share experiences
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
DURRËS, Albania, 24 November 2015 – Newly-elected women members of municipal councils from across Albania learned new skills and networked with their more experienced peers at the OSCE-supported three-day School for Municipal Women Councillors, which ended today. It is the fourth time the OSCE Presence in Albania has organized this initiative since 2011...
Women’s economic and social rights in the spotlight as OSCE marks 20 years of the Beijing Conference
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
VIENNA, 24 November 2015- On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Beijing Conference on Women, the OSCE Gender Section organized a workshop today on economic and social rights, bringing together some 50 participants representing governmental institutions, international organizations and civil society from across the OSCE region...
Institutions need to respond better to cases of domestic violence in Kosovo, says Head of OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 24 November 2015 – Ahead of tomorrow’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jean-Claude Schlumberger, said that relevant institutions need to do more to enhance their responses to cases of domestic violence...
OSCE supports training course on gender equality for university students in Montenegro
Publishing date: 23 November 2015
Standards in gender equality, the relevant legal framework, gender-sensitive language, the portrayal of women in the media, and the representation of women in political life were the focus of a training course for university students in Podgorica, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 20-21 November 2015...