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Chairpersonship Conference on Gender Equality - Building resilience through inclusion and empowerment

When

6 May 2025, 13:00 - 7 May 2025, 16:00

Where

Vienna

Organized by

OSCE Chairpersonship
Chairpersonship Conference on Gender Equality - Building resilience through inclusion and empowerment
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The Finnish OSCE Chairpersonship hosts a Conference on Gender Equality in Vienna 6-7 May. By convening the conference, Finland encourages participating States to respect OSCE commitments on gender equality, respond to the challenges faced by women and girls due to unequal opportunities, discrimination, and increasing violence, and prepare to take joint action.

The purpose of the Conference is to encourage enhanced action by OSCE participating States in advancing gender equality and women’s participation.

As part of the Conference, the Chairpersonship will launch an OSCE-wide Roadmap for the effective implementation of Women, Peace and Security commitments. The Roadmap provides a comprehensive overview of the OSCE’s work in implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda and invites participating States to reinforce their efforts through concrete measures.

 

Participants

The Conference will bring together high-level officials from the OSCE, participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as representatives of civil society, academia, the private sector, and other international organisations.

 

Agenda

Tuesday, 6 May 2025

13:00–15:00 Registration and welcome coffee

15:00–15:30 Opening session

15:30–16:00 High-Level OSCE panel

16:00–17:00 Kick-off session: Current trends and challenges in achieving gender equality in the OSCE region

17:30–20:00 Reception and launch of the Women, Peace and Security Roadmap

Wednesday, 7 May 2025

09:00–09:45 Focus session: Amplifying women’s voices from Ukraine

10:00–11:30 Spotlight sessions (running in parallel)

  • Session 1: Rethinking the Women, Peace and Security Agenda to address multiplying and intersecting crises
  • Session 2: Preventing violence against women and girls 
    • 11:30–12:00 Coffee break
    • 12:00–13:30 Spotlight sessions (running in parallel)
  • Session 3: Promoting equal opportunities for women and girls in the digital era
  • Session 4: Engaging men and boys for gender equality 
    • 13:30–15:00 Lunch break and Marketplace of OSCE Impact Stories
    • 15:00–16:00 Closing session
 

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