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Ceremony honours five OSCE Ambassadors for their efforts to promote gender equality
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
Five Ambassadors to the OSCE were honoured today by the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier for their efforts to promote gender equality both within the Organization and in the OSCE region...
Real men never hit women, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo’s campaign for 16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women
Publishing date: 26 November 2014
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched on 26 November 2014 in Prishtinë/Priština an anti-domestic violence campaign dubbed “Real man never hit women”...
OSCE in Moldova trains judges and prosecutors on combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
CHISINAU, 12 November 2014 – A group of Moldovan judges and prosecutors completed today an OSCE train-the-trainer course to enhance the capacity of the Moldovan judiciary system to prevent and combat domestic violence...
OSCE Special Representative on Gender Issues visits Tajikistan
Publishing date: 4 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 4 November 2014 – Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues June Zeitlin paid a four-day country visit to Tajikistan from 1 to 4 November 2014...
ODIHR co-organizes conference for advancing women’s political participation in Malta
Publishing date: 3 November 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
Advancing gender equality in elected office in Malta was the focus of a conference on “Women’s Political Participation in Malta”, held on 3 November 2014 in Valletta, Malta.
Gender equality principles in education focus of OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported workshop
Publishing date: 30 October 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Gender equality principles in education, with a particular focus on protection against discrimination and domestic violence, were the focus of a workshops organized for a group of 20 Faculty of Philosophy students, Montenegro University, on 11 October and 25 October 2014, in Nikšić...
OSCE enhancing efforts to implement Women, Peace and Security agenda, Senior Gender Adviser tells UN Security Council
Publishing date: 29 October 2014
The OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Ambassador Miroslava Beham, attended the UN Security Council debate on Women, Peace and Security on 28 October where she presented an outline of the OSCE activities on UNSCR 1325 ranging from supporting OSCE participating States in their implementation of National Action Plans, through to gender-enhanced mediation support...