News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports Podgorica authorities in drafting local action plan for gender equality
Publishing date: 12 August 2015
PODGORICA, 12 August 2015- Strengthening mechanisms for implementing gender equality at the local level was the focus of a seminar organized in Podgorica by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on Tuesday. The seminar follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed last November 2014 by the Capital City’s authorities, the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights and the Mission on implementing gender equality...
A number of achievements and good practices on gender equality in Russia, says OSCE Senior Gender Adviser on working visit to Moscow
Publishing date: 30 July 2015
MOSCOW, 30 July 2015- The OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Ambassador Miroslava Beham, concluding a three-day visit to Moscow on Wednesday noted a number of achievements and good practices in gender equality in the Russian Federation, particularly in the areas of law enforcement and combatting extremism and terrorism...
OSCE supports working group meeting on social standards for victims of domestic violence in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 July 2015
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the first meeting of the inter-departmental working group aiming at developing social services for victims of domestic violence that was held in Astana on 29 July 2015...
OSCE 2015 Dialogue Academy to be held in Austria
Publishing date: 27 July 2015
The 2015 Dialogue Academy for young women, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia has been postponed to this autumn...
OSCE launches report on combating impunity for wartime sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 13 July 2015
SARAJEVO, 13 July 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) presented today in Sarajevo its latest report entitled Combating Impunity for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Progress and Challenges...
Gender mainstreaming and conflict resolution in Central Asia’s water governance in focus at OSCE regional workshop in Almaty
Publishing date: 10 July 2015
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 10 July 2015 – A three-day regional training workshop on gender mainstreaming and conflict resolution in water governance, jointly organised by the OSCE Gender Section and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) in co-operation with the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), concluded in Almaty today...
OSCE supports specialized course and manual for journalists in Ukraine on gender equality and non-discrimination
Publishing date: 3 July 2015
KYIV, 3 July 2015- A two-day workshop which presented a new course and manual on gender equality and non-discrimination for representatives of Ukraine’s media educational institutions ended today in Kyiv. The workshop was organized with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...