News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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...
OSCE-supported series of regional training courses on gender stereotypes and leadership for young women from rural areas of Tajikistan concludes
Publishing date: 29 May 2017
The last in a series of 12 regional training courses on gender stereotypes and leadership for young women from rural areas conducted by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan’s Democratization Unit concluded on 25 May 2017...
Male Kosovo police officers to become gender equality advocates, conclude participants in OSCE discussion
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
A two-day roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on the role of male senior police officers in promoting gender equality concluded on 17 May 2017 in Prevallë/Prevalac, Prizren municipality...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains counsellors on psychological counselling for victims of domestic violence
Publishing date: 16 May 2017
A four-day training course on psychological counselling for victims of domestic violence concluded on 12 May 2017 at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...