The OSCE Office in Tajikistan promotes the empowerment of women and girls to claim their rights, access state services, enrol in and attend school and obtain counselling on practical issues in housing, family law, employment, property and documentation.
The Office works with a network of women’s organizations and through Women's Resource Centres in small towns and villages.
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An activist from a Women's Resource Centre takes part in a voter education campaign, Rumi, Tajikistan, February 2010. OSCE-supported Women's Resource Centres involving ten NGOs operate in Kurgan-tyube, Jomi, Rumi, Kumsangir, Khuroson, Kabodiyon, Jilikul, Kulyab, Garm, Istaravshan and Penjikent districts. (NGO Oksana)
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A family listens to an activist from an OSCE-supported Women's Resource Centre during a voter education campaign in Rumi, Tajikistan, February 2010. (NGO Oksana)
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Women activists from OSCE-supported women's resource centres in Tajikistan had face-to-face meetings in villages, marketplaces, schools, hospitals and community centers during a voter education campaign, February 2010. (NGO Marifat)
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The Women's Resource Centres carried out a series of participatory appraisals on community issues and brainstorming on solutions with local government, community leaders and citizens. The sessions focused on girls' education and domestic violence problems. This photo shows a SWOT analysis and brainstorming session in Garm. (NGO Garm Development Center)
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On 8-9 December 2010, the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights co-organized a two-day program of dialogue with Tajik stakeolders on the OSCE/ODIHR Final Election Observation Mission Report, guidelines on political party legislation and measures to expand participation of women and youth in political life. Representatives of the Women's Resource Centres brought the experience of the February 2010 voter education campaign to this forum. (OSCE)