Overview
Our challenge, our action, our teams
Commitment
Recognizing that violence against women and girls is a human rights violation that not only harms the security and safety of its victims but also hinders women and girls from being full and equal participants in society, the OSCE participating States have adopted several ministerial-level decisions dealing with gender-based violence. The Organization is committed to preventing and combating this crime and many of its bodies and institutions are implementing activities that deal with it.
16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
The OSCE participates every year in the global 16 Days of Activism campaign to encourage its participating States to step up efforts to combat the after-effects of sexual violence and to prevent it from happening in the first place.
Implementation
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights have engaged in many initiatives in this area, including, for example, on Preventing and Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty, Integrating the Issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Detention Monitoring and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Armed Conflict.
In the Secretariat, the team working under the Programme for Gender Issues collects and analyses data on the prevalence, forms and consequences of violence against women and girls to provide a solid basis for informed decision-making and advocacy. Many OSCE field operations also run their own initiatives and projects on combating violence against women.
Projects
Initiatives funded by individual states and organizations
News and activities
Current announcements, press releases, media advisories and other updates
Resources
Official OSCE documents, publications, guidelines and other resource material
Study / report
Combating violence against women in the OSCE region
Study / report
OSCE-led Survey on Violence Against Women - Main Report
Study / report
OSCE-led Survey on Violence Against Women - Thematic Report - Experiences of disadvantaged women
Report
OSCE-led Survey on Violence Against Women - Violence Against Women in Conflict Thematic Report
Studies and reports
Reports, studies and analyses for policymakers, researchers and all those interested in this field of our work
Manuals and guides
Practice-oriented manuals, guides, handbooks and recommendations for policymakers and practitioners working in this field
Stories
Read up on the OSCE, our people on the ground and our work
