News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes women’s political participation in Armenia
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
YEREVAN, 2 December 2011 – Measures to increase the number of women candidates nominated by Armenian political parties was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE Centre holds roundtable discussion on status of self-employed women in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 2 December 2011 – A roundtable discussion on the status of self-employed women organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana in co-operation with the Civil Society Development NGO began in Almaty today...
OSCE Special Representative on Gender Issues encourages states to combat gender-based violence
Publishing date: 1 December 2011
Wendy Patten, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, in her report to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 1 December 2011 stressed a need for effective implementation of legislation to combat domestic and other gender-based violence...
OSCE Mission to Moldova involves men and boys in combating gender-based violence
Publishing date: 25 November 2011
CHISINAU, 25 November 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Moldova started its 16-Day Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence today with a series of activities aimed at raising awareness, including a workshop to engage young men and boys in combating gender-based violence...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports conference on domestic violence
Publishing date: 25 November 2011
ASTANA, 25 November 2011 – A conference to review the implementation of Kazakhstan’s 2009 Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and discuss possible amendments began in Astana today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine opens interactive classroom for police cadets
Publishing date: 25 November 2011
KYIV, 25 November 2011 – A specially equipped classroom for training police cadets in dealing with domestic violence cases was opened today at the Kyiv Academy of Interior with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE Mission to BiH condemns violence against women and calls for increased protection
Publishing date: 23 November 2011
SARAJEVO, 23 November 2011- Fletcher M. Burton, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaking ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, condemned violence against women and called for the effective protection of victims...