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Gender equality

The OSCE aims to provide equal opportunities for women and men, as well as to integrate gender equality into policies and practices, both within participating States and the Organization itself. With local partners, the OSCE initiates and runs projects across the OSCE region to empower women, and build local capacities and expertise on gender issues. It co-operates with authorities in reviewing legislation and assists in building national mechanisms to ensure equality between women and men.

The award ceremony for the Na/Ne (S/HE) annual competition, which recognizes the promotion of gender equality in the media, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan in conjunction with the British Council, the British Embassy and the United Nations Population Fund, Yerevan, 10 February 2012.

OSCE Office presents media awards for promotion of gender equality in Armenia

YEREVAN, 10 February 2012 – Twenty-one awards in twelve categories recognizing the promotion of gender equality in the media were presented today to the winners of the Na/Ne (S/HE) annual competition...
The OSCE Office in Baku conducts awareness-raising activities in the regions of Azerbaijan on a newly-adopted law on the prevention of domestic violence, Guba, 16 July 2011

OSCE Office in Baku trains social workers in combating domestic violence

The OSCE Office in Baku organized a train-the-trainers workshop on the role of social workers in the prevention of domestic violence. More than 20 participants working in various shelters and family support centres attended the three-day event from 13 to 15 December 2011.
Participants during a meeting on the dynamics behind the terrorist radicalization of women, organized by the OSCE Secretariat and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Vienna, 12 December 2011

OSCE organizes expert meeting on preventing the terrorist radicalization of women

VIENNA, 12 December 2011 – The dynamics behind the terrorist radicalization of women and ways to prevent it from happening was the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE today for experts from academia, civil society, the media and OSCE participating States...

OSCE Mission to BiH condemns violence against women and calls for increased protection

SARAJEVO, 23 November 2011 - Fletcher M. Burton, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaking ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, condemned violence against women and called for the effective protection of victims...

OSCE Presence in Albania brings women and top politicians together to enhance women’s role in governance

TIRANA, 9 November 2011 - Women active in political and public life and top officials of Albania’s political parties met for two days in Tirana at an OSCE-organized conference on enhancing women’s role in governance...
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