News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE holds training course for Tajik men gender champions
Publishing date: 4 April 2018
A two-day training course on practical views and ideas for addressing gender stereotypes and mentorship programmes for men gender champions concluded on 29 March 2018 at the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe.
OSCE trains community police officers in Kazakhstan on combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 29 March 2018
A two-day seminar organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana on the legal acts and mechanisms regulating the police’s work in combating domestic violence concluded on 29 March 2018 in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Gender Section organizes workshop in Armenia on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
Publishing date: 26 March 2018
The OSCE Gender Section organized a workshop in Yerevan on 22 and 23 March 2018 to support Armenia’s ongoing process of drafting a national action plan to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security...
OSCE supports Women Entrepreneurs Forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 16 March 2018
The Women Entrepreneurs Forum, an OSCE-supported platform for promoting female entrepreneurship and economic empowerment of women living in rural areas, concluded on 16 March 2018 in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
Effectively combatting trafficking of women and girls means understanding it as a form of gender-based violence, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event at UN
Publishing date: 15 March 2018
NEW YORK, 15 March 2018 –Trafficking of women and girls is a form of gender-based violence, based on inequality, said participants at an event organized today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the sidelines of the 62nd meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, in New York...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe holds roundtable discussion on the role of men to support the advancement of women
Publishing date: 14 March 2018
A one-day roundtable discussion on how to support women’s increased participation in decision making in Tajikistan and how men can play a role in that concluded in Dushanbe on 6 March 2018. The event was organized on the eve of International Women’s Day.
OSCE, UNFPA, UNICEF side event underscores need to advance research for effective policies to tackle violence against women and girls
Publishing date: 13 March 2018
NEW YORK, 13 March 2018 – The robust collection of data documenting violence against women and girls and the adoption of policies using the findings can help countries successfully tackle this global scourge, said speakers during a side event held today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.