News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Campaign for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2019: End the Silence
Publishing date: 25 November 2019
SKOPJE, 25 November 2019 – Contributing to the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will launch a new campaign titled ‘End the Silence’. It aims to raise awareness about the issue of violence against women (VAW), focusing primarily on the rights of women.
OSCE launches Survey on the Well-being and Safety of Women in Kosovo
Publishing date: 25 November 2019
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 22 November 2019 – The OSCE Mission published today a report on the Well-being and Safety of Women in Kosovo, which provides detailed data on the patterns of violence against women, attitudes towards gender roles and the impact of violence in the lives of the women affected.
OSCE supports workshop on judicial application of environmental legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 November 2019
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported a workshop on the application of environmental legislation and compliance with the provisions of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) on 25 November 2019 in Semey, Eastern Kazakhstan...
OSCE Campaign for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence 2019: End the Silence
Publishing date: 25 November 2019
CHISINAU, 25 November 2019- On the occasion of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign, the OSCE will launch the campaign "End the Silence" in the Republic of Moldova and across South-Eastern and Eastern Europe. Its aim is to raise awareness about gender-based violence, in particular the issue of violence against women and girls. Gender-based violence concerns all of society, and governments have a responsibility to prevent and combat it.
Fostering interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance in Kyrgyzstan focus of OSCE-supported conference in Bishkek
Publishing date: 25 November 2019
The International Conference on Islam and Orthodox Christianity – religions of peace, supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, took place on 21 November 2019 in Bishkek...
OSCE supports Municipal Election Commissions in developing training programme for polling station staff
Publishing date: 22 November 2019
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a training course for senior representatives from the State Election Commission and Municipal Election Commissions on how to train polling station staff on polling station procedures on 21 and 22 November 2019 in Podgorica...
Increasing professionalism and impartiality of international election observation the focus of ODIHR-hosted meeting in Warsaw
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
New trends in elections and international best practices for observing them were the topics of a high-level panel discussion during an annual meeting on the implementation of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, which was hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic