News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE staff raise funds for domestic violence shelter in Montenegro
Publishing date: 5 July 2021
OSCE Men for Gender Equality, an informal group of staff from the OSCE Secretariat, conducted a fundraiser from March 8 to April 7 in support of efforts to respond to gender-based violence that raised EUR 3,000.
OSCE Presence promotes inclusion of gender perspective in Albania’s Parliament’s work
Publishing date: 2 July 2021
On 1 and 2 July, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a concluding workshop with the Alliance of Women Parliamentarians and the Subcommittee on Gender Equality and Prevention of Violence against Women, in view of the end of the current Albanian legislature...
OSCE commits to new gender equality targets at Generation Equality Forum in Paris
Publishing date: 1 July 2021
PARIS, 1 July 2021 – The OSCE has pledged to improve gender equality by taking action on Gender Based Violence, Economic Justice and Rights and Technology & Innovation.
OSCE enhances its activities on combating gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 25 June 2021
Two three-day train-the-trainers (ToTs) seminars on information technologies, conflict mediation, and the basics of psychological support for victims of gender-based violence (GBV) took place in Osh city from 17 to 19 June, and in Tokmok, Chui province from 23 to 25 June 2021. Forty-five members of Women Initiative Groups (WIGs) from across Kyrgyzstan participated in the seminar.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports building development and entrepreneurship capacities of young women-managers
Publishing date: 22 June 2021
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (the PCUz) organized a two-week training course from 7 to 18 June 2021 in Tashkent. Some 100 junior and mid-level female entrepreneurs from Uzbekistan attended.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro co-organized online regional conference of women parliamentarians
Publishing date: 16 June 2021
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) supported Parliament’s Gender Equality Committee in organizing an online regional conference on 14 June 2021 on the role of parliaments in advancing gender equality and women in politics...
Side-event on Women in Water Management
Publishing date: 15 June 2021
The important role of women in water management was discussed on 10 June 2021 in an online side-event in the margins of the Second Preparatory Meeting of the 29th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum. The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) organized the event in collaboration with the Governments of Finland, Ireland and Japan...