News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova promotes women’s participation in upcoming local elections
Publishing date: 8 March 2011
The OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the International Center for the Advancement of Women in Business NGO (ICAWB), will conduct training seminars on running for public office for 150 women from all over Moldova. The project is being implemented ahead of upcoming local elections and marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2011...
More must be done to promote gender equality, OSCE Chairperson says on 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day
Publishing date: 8 March 2011
VILNIUS, 8 March 2011 – The 100th Anniversary of the International Women's Day is a call to intensify work to promote gender equality, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo emphasizes importance of women’s participation in decision making on International Women’s Day
Publishing date: 8 March 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 8 March 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambassador Werner Almhofer called today for the enhanced participation of women in political and social life, on the occasion of the 100th International Women’s Day...
OSCE human rights office to observe Belarus trials
Publishing date: 7 March 2011
WARSAW, 7 March 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will send observers to monitor the trials of presidential candidates, campaign activists and other individuals charged in relation to the events following the 19 December presidential election in Belarus, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, ODIHR’s Director, said today...
OSCE Presence urges for more female candidates in upcoming local elections
Publishing date: 7 March 2011
TIRANA, 7 MARCH 2011- International Women’s Day on 8 March and upcoming local elections on 8 May provide an opportunity to underline our continued support of the promotion of gender equality, said the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth today...
OSCE Special Representative calls for more research on links between trafficking and globalization
Publishing date: 7 March 2011
LONDON, 7 March 2011 – More research into how the demand for cheap labour in the global market affects trafficking in human beings is needed to strengthen anti-trafficking efforts, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said in a public lecture today at the London School of Economics...
Student teachers and social workers complete OSCE-supported practicum placements in multi-ethnic classrooms
Publishing date: 7 March 2011
Eighty student teachers and social workers received certificates at the end of February from the acting Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Natalya Drozd, and the Minister of Education and Science Nikola Todorov for completing an OSCE-organized practicum placement in multi-ethnic classrooms, at a ceremony in Skopje.