News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported training course on mentorship principles for women leaders concludes in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 28 June 2017
A two-day training course on mentorship principles for women leaders, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, concluded in Dushanbe on 23 June 2017...
When women make progress, all of society makes progress, says Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative on Gender Issues during visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
The OSCE Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, concluded a visit to Ukraine on 17 June 2017. The visit was organized by the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship, the Office of the Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine...
OSCE issues report on combating impunity for conflict-related sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 21 June 2017
SARAJEVO, 21 June 2017 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) today in Sarajevo presented the third in a series of reports that highlights progress achieved by the country’s justice sector between 2014 and 2016 in tackling cases of sexual violence committed during the 1992-1995 war, as well as recommendations on how to enhance these efforts.
Gender responsive budgeting in focus at OSCE-supported training course in Podgorica
Publishing date: 21 June 2017
The basic concepts of gender responsive budgeting, its importance and implementation at the municipal level were discussed during an OSCE-supported training course held on 15 and 16 June 2017in Podgorica...
OSCE supports gender mainstreaming in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 June 2017
Gender mainstreaming the work of local governments and election campaigns was the focus of an OSCE-supported training seminar for some 45 high-level local government executives and local district legislators from Kazakhstan’s Atyrau Region on 21 June 2017...
Concrete action needed to achieve gender equality in OSCE region, say participants at OSCE Second Gender Equality Review Conference
Publishing date: 12 June 2017
VIENNA, 12 June 2017 – Participants in the second OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference in Vienna stressed today that more systematic and concrete action is needed to achieve progress advancing towards gender equality in the OSCE area.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes discussion on gender mainstreaming with mayors and municipal representatives
Publishing date: 8 June 2017
The Mission to Montenegro organized a discussion in Podgorica on 7 June 2017 focusing on the gender mainstreaming commitments of Montenegro’s municipalities stemming from the Memoranda of Understanding on gender equality that were signed between the Mission, the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and all 23 municipalities between 2007 and 2015...