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OSCE supports women in conflict prevention and reconciliation efforts in southern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 3 August 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 3 August 2011 – A co-operation agreement between women community leaders, the community police, healthcare and education structures and the Mayor’s Office was signed today in Osh in the framework of an OSCE project on gender issues and conflict prevention in southern Kyrgyzstan...

On first joint visit, OSCE Special Representatives meet President of Kyrgyzstan, discussed prevention of human trafficking and violence against women

Publishing date: 30 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Gender equality
BISHKEK, 30 July 2011 – On a joint visit to Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, and the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Wendy Patten, stressed today the importance of continuing co-operation with the authorities of Kyrgyzstan to better prevent and fight against trafficking in human beings and all forms of gender-based violence...

OSCE Centre donates vehicles to Kyrgyzstan’s rural police stations

Publishing date: 29 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 29 July 2011 – Today the OSCE Centre in Bishkek donated eight off-road vehicles to the Interior Ministry of Kyrgyzstan to be used in remote rural police stations covering villages located in mountainous isolated areas in Naryn, Chuy, Osh and Batken provinces...

OSCE Centre in Bishkek helps local police strengthen forensic expertise

Publishing date: 25 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing
An OSCE-supported training course that aimed to help Kyrgyzstan's police improve the quality of its investigations concluded on 25 July 2011 in the town of Balykchy in the north-eastern province of Issyk-Kul...

OSCE Centre supports free legal consultation for residents in border areas in southern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 14 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Rule of law
A series of legal consultations were held between 6 and 14 July 2011 in the border districts of the Osh and Jalal-Abad Provinces with support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...

Increasing female participation in public life focus of OSCE seminar

Publishing date: 13 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality
A series of three-day training seminars for female party activists from the Respublika, Ak-Shumkar and Ata-Meken political parties was completed on 13 July by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs...

OSCE Centre supports training of community mediators in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 8 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
An OSCE-supported training course on mediation skills for active residents and community leaders from five communities in northern Kyrgyzstan started 9 July 2011 in the Kashka-Suu resort near Bishkek...