News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports gender mainstreaming in conflict prevention and resolution
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
SKOPJE, 9 March 2012 – The role of women in conflict prevention and peaceful conflict resolution was the topic of an OSCE-supported public event that took place in Skopje today...
Roma women need better access to health care, says OSCE Roma adviser
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
Women from the Roma and Sinti communities are particularly vulnerable regarding their access to health care and more should be done to address the multiple forms of discrimination against them, said the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues, Andrzej Mirga, on International Women’s Day on 8 March 2012...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on journalist in Montenegro
Publishing date: 8 March 2012
VIENNA, 8 March 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the attack on Olivera Lakić, a journalist with the daily newspaper Vijesti.
OSCE Mission calls for commitment to women’s rights and gender equality
Publishing date: 8 March 2012
SARAJEVO, 8 March 2012 – On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Fletcher M. Burton stressed today the need to step up efforts to promote rights of women and gender equality...
OSCE Secretary General stresses importance of co-operation with EU in meeting with European Commission President in Brussels
Publishing date: 8 March 2012
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, visiting Brussels on 6 and 7 March 2012, discussed with the European Commission President, José Manuel Durão Barroso, co-operation between the EU and the OSCE in addressing current and emerging security challenges in the OSCE region...
Promoting gender equality and women’s rights must be a priority for all OSCE states, says Chairperson on International Women’s Day
Publishing date: 8 March 2012
DUBLIN, 8 March 2012 – Promoting gender equality and ensuring women’s participation in political, public and economic spheres must be central to the work of the OSCE and all 56 participating States, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore today marking International Women’s Day...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo launches campaign against domestic violence, assists institutions
Publishing date: 7 March 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 7 March 2012 – A day ahead of the International Women’s Day, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched an information campaign urging the public to report cases of domestic violence, and publications to help the local institutions better assist victims of the crime...