News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-Australia conference focuses on security of women and girls
Publishing date: 18 March 2013
An OSCE conference on improving security of women and girls, promoting the economic empowerment of women and combatting all forms of human trafficking started in Adelaide in southern Australia on 18 March 2013...
Women in Afghanistan could lose rights gained over past decade, say participants of OSCE event in Vienna
Publishing date: 13 March 2013
On 13 March 2013, the OSCE Gender Section held a discussion in Vienna on women’s empowerment and security in Afghanistan. Miroslava Beham, the OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, underlined the importance of involving women at all stages of peace processes and the protection of women’s rights...
OSCE/ODIHR supports dialogue on political party funding and women’s participation in Georgia
Publishing date: 13 March 2013
Representatives from government agencies, political parties, civil society and international organizations highlighted measures to enhance the transparency of political party funding and increase women’s political participation in Georgia, at a roundtable meeting co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Tbilisi on 12 and 13 March 2013...
On International Women’s Day, ODIHR Director stresses role of education in improving situation of Roma and Sinti women
Publishing date: 8 March 2013
WARSAW, 8 March 2013- Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, called today for greater efforts to ensure full access to educational opportunities for Roma and Sinti women in order to help them overcome multiple forms of discrimination, on the occasion of International Women’s Day...
OSCE Mission Head calls for formal status for Women’s Caucus in Assembly of Kosovo
Publishing date: 7 March 2013
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 7 March 2013- OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger is marking international women’s day with a call for a formal status for the central level Women’s Caucus and the appointment of women to senior level posts...
Gender equality essential in building secure, peaceful future, says OSCE Chairperson ahead of International Women’s Day
Publishing date: 7 March 2013
THE HAGUE, 7 March 2013 – Strengthening security and peace in the OSCE area will be impossible without full and equal participation of women in economic, political and social spheres of life, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said today, speaking ahead of International Women’s Day marked on 8 March...
OSCE/ODIHR supports dialogue on promoting women’s participation in politics in Ukraine
Publishing date: 6 March 2013
Measures to promote women’s political participation in Ukraine were highlighted at a discussion in the Ukrainian capital organized by the Kyiv Dialogue Forum and supported by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 5 and 6 March 2013...