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OSCE supports training course on the first database for domestic violence cases in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH)
Publishing date: 6 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
SARAJEVO, 6 November 2015- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the FBiH Gender Centre, the Network of Women Police Officers, and UN Women, today concluded a series of ten training courses on implementing the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence and the use of the domestic violence database...
OSCE-supported training course focuses on economic empowerment of women in Montenegro’s Bijelo Polje municipality
Publishing date: 2 November 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Economic activities, Gender equality
The economic empowerment of unemployed women in Montenegro’s municipality of Bijelo Polje was the topic of a training course on 30-31 October 2015 supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro...
All Montenegrin municipalities signed Memorandum of Understanding committing to promote gender equality
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights signed on October 28 2015 a Memorandum of Understanding with Montenegrin municipalities of Žabljak, Šavnik and Plužine, aiming to strengthen the co-operation in the area of gender equality...
Mentoring is effective in promoting women’s participation in public and political life, say participants of OSCE expert workshop in Skopje
Publishing date: 15 October 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Gender equality
Mentoring is one of the most effective strategies to promote women’s participation in public and political life, said participants of an expert meeting in Skopje organized by the OSCE Gender Section on 12 October 2015, which brought together representatives of civil society, politics, business and academia from across the Western Balkans...
OSCE’s study on National Action Plans for implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325 presented in Podgorica
Publishing date: 8 October 2015
The OSCE Study on National Action Plans on the Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which analyses the strategies of 27 countries in the OSCE region in implementing this decision on women, peace and security, was presented on 6 October 2015 in Podgorica, Montenegro...
Gender equality in the military enhances security for all, say participants of joint OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation-Permanent Council meeting
Publishing date: 7 October 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 7 October 2015 – Implementing gender equality in the military is a work in progress but further efforts are still needed to improve the participation of women in the decision-making in the armed forces, said experts who took part in the joint session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and the Permanent Council today in Vienna...
OSCE-supported Memoranda of Understanding aimed at gender equality strengthening signed with four Montenegrin Municipalities
Publishing date: 5 October 2015
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Human and Minority Rights Ministry, aiming to strengthen the co-operation in the area of gender equality, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with municipalities of Andrijevica, Gusinje, Petnjica and Plav on 2 October 2015 in Plav...