News and press releases

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 15 May 2017 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo will hold a two-day roundtable discussion on gender equality and the importance of engaging men to promote it, starting tomorrow in Prevallë/Prevalac, in the municipality of Prizren...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova launched a series of 15 public lectures on 2 May 2017 aimed at promoting gender equality and combating domestic violence in Moldova. The public lectures, organized with the support of Moldova’s Ministry of Education, will be held throughout the year in 13 separate locations across the country, including the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia. Some 900 students and teachers of vocational schools are expected to attend...

A series of five workshops held Kosovo-wide for healthcare providers on how to identify, refer and treat victims of domestic violence, organized by the OSCE Mission, concluded on 8 May 2017. The workshops were organized jointly with the Ministry of Health and Kosovo Police, and aimed at strengthening the response of healthcare providers in domestic violence cases...

A workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for around 20 Roma and Ashkali grassroots activists and civil society organizations from the Gjilan/Gnjilane and Ferizaj/Uroševac municipalities on how to shape better local policies for the benefit of communities concluded on 3 May 2017...

The link between effective peace processes and the inclusion of women was the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Secretariat on 25 and 26 April 2017 in Baden, Austria...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a training seminar on presiding over cases of domestic violence for judges in the framework of the judges’ annual retraining courses in Astana on 3 April 2017...

A two-day training course on Gender Action Plans and gender responsive budgeting for women and men politicians concluded on 29 March 2017 at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan in Dushanbe...