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International rights bodies call on politicians to lead fight against intolerance and discrimination

Publishing date: 18 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW/STRASBOURG/VIENNA, 18 March 2008- In a joint statement issued on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March, three leading human rights agencies call on political leaders to assume...

International Women's Day has special meaning for the OSCE, says Secretary General

Publishing date: 7 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 7 March 2008- International Women's Day provides a good opportunity to redouble efforts to achieve genuine equality between men and women, the OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, said today.

OSCE Presence encourages approval of Albanian draft law on gender equality

Publishing date: 7 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
TIRANA, 7 March 2008- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, said today he was hopeful that the draft law on Gender Equality in Society, recently submitted to the Albanian Assembly for review, will be approved shortly...

Computer centre for female students opens in Dushanbe with OSCE help

Publishing date: 7 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 7 March 2008- A computer centre in a student dormitory for orphan girls opened today with the help of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe...

Albanian civil society organizations promote increased participation of women in elections

Publishing date: 9 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
TIRANA, 9 February 2008- Civil society experts today prepared a set of recommendations aiming to increase women's role in politics as candidates, leaders and voters. The proposals came at the end of a forum...

OSCE promotes monitoring of women's rights in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 8 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ALMATY, 8 February 2008- The methodologies used to monitor women's rights were the focus of a workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Astana, that ended in Almaty today...

OSCE Centre promotes gender equality in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 7 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ALMATY, 7 December 2007- Effective legislation and implementation mechanisms on equal rights and opportunities for women and men were the focus of a roundtable discussion in Almaty today organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...