News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek facilitates creative workshops for teenage girls in marking International Day of the Girl Child
Publishing date: 12 October 2017
BISHKEK, 12 October 2017 – To mark the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, a “Successful Girl” leadership school was launched across three province of Kyrgyzstan by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek in partnership with the public foundation “Child’s Rights Defenders League”...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro trains Municipal Gender Focal Point Network on how to enhance participation of women in public and political life
Publishing date: 10 October 2017
Measures to enhance the participation of women in public and political life were the main topic of a two-day training course organized for the Municipal Gender Focal Point Network on 9 and 10 October 2017 in Podgorica...
OSCE continues to enhance law enforcement skills to effectively combat domestic violence in Moldova
Publishing date: 6 October 2017
On 6 October 2017, the OSCE Mission to Moldova started a series of training sessions in eight districts of central Moldova to improve law enforcement’s capabilities to more effectively combat domestic violence. The prevalent phenomenon has risen to the attention of the European Court of Human Rights that is holding Moldova responsible in several egregious cases.
Government officials and civil society discuss ways to advance the human dimension of security in Ukraine at OSCE/ODIHR event in Kyiv
Publishing date: 27 September 2017
More than 150 representatives of civil society, international organizations and academia, as well as government and elected officials, gathered in Kyiv on 26 and 27 September to review the results of activities carried out with the support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to strengthen the human dimension of security in Ukraine.
More action and stronger commitments needed to prevent violence against women in OSCE region, international organizations and civil society say
Publishing date: 26 September 2017
On 21 September, the OSCE Gender Section, UN Women and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, brought together experts, participating States and civil society to discuss and identify successful approaches to the prevention of violence against women at an event held on 21 September 2017 in Warsaw.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe holds meeting on gender mainstreaming
Publishing date: 26 September 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized the first meeting of the sub-working group on mainstreaming gender into police reform under the Ministry of the Interior on 25 September 2017. The meeting took place on the premises of the Interior Ministry and gathered all members of the sub-working group, which includes both civil society organizations from the regions of Tajikistan working on gender issues and representatives from the Interior Ministry and the Committee on Women and Family Affairs.
Improving the work of democratic institutions, including through gender-sensitive laws, in focus at ODIHR Women’s Power Breakfast in Warsaw
Publishing date: 21 September 2017
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) held its annual Women’s Power Breakfast in Warsaw on 21 September 2017, focusing on how to promote and advance women’s political participation and gender equality through the work of democratic institutions. The event, organized