News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence in Albania finalizes first cycle of Women Municipal Excellence Programme
Publishing date: 9 November 2020
Seventeen women councillors from all across Albania successfully finalized the two-day final module of the OSCE Presence’s Women Municipal Excellence Programme (WoMEP) held in person with strict adherence to the COVID-19 safety rules and protocols from 6 to 7 November 2020. The module aimed at linking capacity-building and local development with gender equality. The programme combined on-the-job advice and direct training. This was the third module of the programme with two previous ones taking place in December 2019 and October 2020.
Bosnia and Herzegovina marks 20th anniversary of the UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
Publishing date: 6 November 2020
SARAJEVO, 6 November 2020 – The Agency for Gender Equality of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) of the BiH Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees, the OSCE Mission to BiH, the Office of the European Union in BiH and the UN Women BiH marked the 20th anniversary of the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security by organizing an online conference today.
Sustainable development and security are part of the same equation, note participants of OSCE 2020 Mediterranean conference
Publishing date: 3 November 2020
STOCKHOLM/VIENNA, 3 November 2020 – In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other challenges, high-level political representatives of the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation addressed today the complex link between sustainable development and security at the 2020 OSCE Mediterranean Conference fully held online...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission and Project Co-Ordinator in Ukraine honour women’s contributions to peace and security
Publishing date: 30 October 2020
KYIV, 30 October 2020- The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) and the OSCE Project Co-Ordinator in Ukraine marked the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 by honouring the efforts of women and girls in support of peace and security. The landmark Resolution recognizes the wide variety of roles women and girls play in support of sustainable peace and calls for their full and meaningful inclusion in these efforts...
Third OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference urges more systematic implementation of gender equality commitments across three dimensions of security
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
VIENNA, 28 October 2020 – OSCE participating States must do more to systematically implement their gender equality commitments across the politico-military, economic and environmental, and human dimensions of security, said participants of the third OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference, which closed today.
Gender-sensitive policy responses required during crises to better protect women against gender-based violence, say participants at OSCE event
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
The impact of emergencies on violence against women and the need for gender-sensitive crisis responses were in focus at a special event organized on the margins of the third OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference on 27 October 2020.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan trains judges on countering gender-based violence
Publishing date: 27 October 2020
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized a training course for judges from 22 to 24 October 2020 on best practices and challenges in the field of countering gender-based violence, and State and judicial responses to combating domestic violence and human trafficking amid the COVID-19 pandemic...