News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Gender and right to freedom of movement focus of ODIHR expert meeting
Publishing date: 30 May 2019
Practitioners and experts from OSCE field operations, civil society and international organizations discussed gender-specific challenges to the enjoyment of the right to freedom of movement in the OSCE area during an expert meeting in Warsaw on 30 May 2019. The meeting was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
Gender, diversity and justice focus of ODIHR paper launched at UN Crime Commission
Publishing date: 23 May 2019
Promoting change in policies, attitudes and training curricula to achieve higher representation of women and members of minorities in justice sector institutions was the focus of an event in Vienna on 23 May 2019, during which the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched its paper Gender, diversity and justice.
OSCE and Parliament of Tajikistan organize conference on International Day of Families
Publishing date: 21 May 2019
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, jointly with the Parliament of Tajikistan, conducted a conference devoted to the International Day of Families on 15 May 2019.
Importance of gender responsive budgeting focus of OSCE-supported workshop in Podgorica
Publishing date: 20 May 2019
The importance of introducing gender-responsive budgeting into the state budget was the topic of an OSCE-supported workshop for nine members of parliament and seven state officials from the Ministry of Finance and the State Statistical Office (MONSTAT), on 14 May 2019 in Podgorica...
OSCE presents findings of its survey on well-being and safety of women in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 15 May 2019
The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the OSCE Gender Section presented on 15 May 2019 in Skopje a survey that shows that violence against women in North Macedonia is often underreported and that some forms of physical and sexual violence are widespread in the country. The research finds there is a particular need for more support and targeted action to help women from minority groups and from rural areas...
OSCE conducts specialized training course on effective responses to gender-based violence for Hungarian criminal justice practitioners
Publishing date: 10 May 2019
A four-day specialized training course on appropriate and effective responses to gender-based violence for criminal justice practitioners from Hungary was held from 6 to 10 May 2019, at the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) headquarters in Budapest, Hungary...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative on Gender stresses need to cross divides in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 10 May 2019
SARAJEVO, 10 May 2019- Women’s participation and leadership is not just good for women; it can benefit whole societies. This was the message delivered by Ambassador Melanne Verveer, the Special Representative of the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship on Gender, during a three-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).