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  • Agents of change: Young people as drivers for a safer tomorrow
    8 August 2023
    by Mara Garavini Seisselberg and Eni Gjergji
  • Corruption in healthcare — a threat to healthy societies
    31 May 2023
    by Kahramon Sanginov, Team Leader, Regional Trial Monitoring Project, Mission in Kosovo
  • Generating and harnessing political will to end human trafficking
    11 April 2023
    by Valiant Richey, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
    Human trafficking is a direct affront to individual dignity and freedom. The sheer scale of this crime makes it one of the greatest social challenges of our time.
  • Water management is both a security challenge and opportunity
    22 March 2023
    by Ambassador Igli Hasani, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
  • We must embrace the digital age to close the gender gap and empower women in the face of adversity
    8 March 2023
    by Helga Maria Schmid, OSCE Secretary General
  • A journey toward more just and equitable societies in the Western Balkans
    20 February 2023
    by Eirini Patsea, Programme Co-ordinator, Regional Trial Monitoring Project
    The Western Balkans is beautiful and diverse, but it is no secret that organized crime and corruption have splintered the tenets of social justice and fractured the foundations of society throughout the region. The consequences are debilitating.
  • End it now: United, we fight violence against women and girls
    10 December 2022
    by Helga Maria Schmid, OSCE Secretary General
    Today is the last day of the 16 days of activism campaign against gender-based violence. We’ve done a lot over these 16 days to raise attention to this horrific crime. And while this is the last day of the campaign, the work of fighting gender-based violence will continue tomorrow and in the days and months after.
  • Conflict prevention: the work behind the name
    18 November 2022
    by Tuula Yrjölä, Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre
    Looking at the name of our Centre, I often find myself in a paradox. As the name suggests, we indeed help prevent conflicts. But importantly, we also help mitigate the consequences of conflict, and work on post-conflict rehabilitation.
  • Stepping up for Peace and Security: young women as agents of change
    11 November 2022
    by Helga Maria Schmid, OSCE Secretary General
    Arms control. Disarmament. Non-proliferation. What images come to mind? Stocks of ammunition? Missile installations? Men in grey suits? Men in uniform? Young women from Kazakhstan, North Macedonia, and Norway? That last image might not be typical, but it could be. We know that sustainable security demands that women play an integral part in the decision-making processes around security. And while this is often raised in the context of negotiations on peace processes, which is crucial, the reality is that shaping security involves so much more – and women need to be included across the board. Yet we see that young women still face additional hurdles when it comes to areas long seen as the domain of men – including arms-control, disarmament and non-proliferation.
  • A breath of fresh air: Countering the nexus of air pollution and corruption in the Western Balkans
    7 November 2022
    by Franz Petutschnig, Team Leader of the Regional Trial Monitoring Project at the OSCE Mission to Skopje.
    Security is not limited to hard political and military issues. It also manifests itself in the air we breathe. The simple act of breathing clean air has a tremendous impact on our everyday lives but can all too often be taken for granted.