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Opportunities for increased economic participation by rural women through the use of modern IT tools, such as mobile phones and Internet-based communication, was the focus of two events held in Vienna on 6 March 2018.

Opportunities for increased economic participation by rural women through the use of modern IT tools, such as mobile phones and Internet-based communication, was the focus of two events held in Vienna on 6 March 2018.

VIENNA/WARSAW, 8 March 2018 – Increased efforts are needed to advance women’s leadership and participation in public life if we are to achieve gender equality, say senior officials of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

COPENHAGEN, 8 March 2018 – Economic empowerment of women is a benefit to society as a whole and can be effectively pursued through prioritizing gender considerations in legislative and budgetary action, said the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Gender Issues Hedy Fry (MP, Canada) today. Marking the celebration of International Women’s Day, she called for closing the gender gap, reducing poverty and ensuring women’s representation in all levels of public life...

The road to women’s increased political participation in Poland and ways to further strengthen women’s voices in politics and society were the focus of a conference on the history of women’s rights co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 6

Discussions about the OSCE’s support for Turkmenistan’s ongoing efforts to promote gender equality were the focus of meetings held during the visit of the OSCE’s Senior Gender Adviser, Amarsanaa Darisuren, to Ashgabat from 28 February to 2 March 2018.

The OSCE Gender Section delivered a two-day training course on advancing gender equality through the establishment of mentor networks for women in Minsk.