News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts to make parliament of North Macedonia and the region more gender sensitive
Publishing date: 27 June 2019
More than 30 women MPs from North Macedonia and South-Eastern Europe enhanced their knowledge on gender-sensitive parliaments and use of public funding for gender equality during the OSCE-supported event that ended on 27 June 2019 in Skopje.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports development of women managers, building their professional managerial and entrepreneurship capacities
Publishing date: 24 June 2019
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized a three-week training course from 10 to 29 June 2019 in Tashkent, targeting some 200 junior and mid-level female managers from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan...
Gender perspective in legislative drafting focus of OSCE seminar with parliamentarians
Publishing date: 21 June 2019
Ensuring a gender perspective in legislative drafting was the topic of an OSCE-supported two-day seminar, organized with the support of the parliamentary Gender Equality Committee for the expert service of the parliament of Montenegro, as well as for parliamentarians on 20 and 21 June in Podgorica.
OSCE presents results of survey on the well-being and safety of women
Publishing date: 20 June 2019
SARAJEVO, 20 June 2019 – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) presented in Sarajevo today the results of the OSCE-led Survey on the Well-being and Safety of Women for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
Effects and consequences of gender-based violence and early marriages focus of OSCE Mission to Montenegro-supported courses in Montenegro
Publishing date: 17 June 2019
To raise awareness of the effect and consequences of gender-based violence and early marriages, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the NGO Centre for Roma Initiatives, and supported by the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations and International Organizations in Vienna, organized a three one-day training courses for 48 professionals from police, prosecution, education and social welfare in Nikšić, Podgorica and Berane on 27 May, 3 and 10 June 2019...
Gender equality principles and women empowerment focus of OSCE-supported training courses in Montenegro
Publishing date: 17 June 2019
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the Montenegrin Ministry for Human and Minority Rights and the Department for Gender Equality, organized three training modules for gender equality focal points from seven Montenegrin municipalities to enhance their skills as trainers on gender equality in Podgorica...
OSCE conducts specialized training course on effective responses to gender-based violence for Romanian officials
Publishing date: 3 June 2019
A specialized training course on appropriate and effective responses to gender-based violence for Romanian police and prosecutors, organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department/Strategic Police Matters Unit, was held from 27 to 31 May 2019 in Poiana Brasov, Romania...