News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports training seminar on provision of social services to domestic violence victims in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 November 2016
A two-day training seminar supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana for social welfare workers and police officers on proper care and the provision of social services for victims of domestic violence, concluded in Kazakhstan’s capital on 25 November 2016...
OSCE Office launches nationwide 16 days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 25 November 2016
TAJIKISTAN, 25 November 2016 – As part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence global campaign, the OSCE Office in Tajikistan launched a nationwide awareness-raising drive in five target regions with a special focus on remote areas. The campaign, from 25 November to 10 December 2016, will reach 42 settlements and the events include mobile theatre performances, television and radio programmes, interactive information sessions as well as thematic meetings...
Integrating gender aspects into security sector’s work is essential to countering terrorism and violent extremism, say experts at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 23 November 2016
VIENNA, 23 November 2016 – The need to gender mainstream operational responses by the security sector in countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) was highlighted during a two-day technical expert meeting of more than 80 law enforcement and government officials from across the OSCE region, which concluded today in Vienna...
OSCE-supported workshop in Chisinau explores trends in labour migration and gender in Central and Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 23 November 2016
CHISINAU, 23 November 2016 – Representatives of OSCE participating States in Central and Eastern Europe as well as international organizations and civil society concluded a three-day workshop today in Chisinau on contemporary trends in labour migration and gender in Central and Eastern Europe...
No peace without women: OSCE Chairmanship conference puts implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in focus
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
BERLIN, 18 November 2016- When it comes to peace and security in the world, what role should and must women play? This and other questions were discussed today at a conference held under Germany’s OSCE Chairmanship in the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The event under the title "A Case for Inclusive Peace and Security: How to Accelerate the Implementation of UNSCR 1325?" was co-organized by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the German Foreign Office...
Roma women activists in Ukraine learn about establishing women-to-women mentor networks at OSCE course
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
As part of its multi-year project to establish women-to-women mentor networks in the OSCE region, the OSCE Secretariat’s Gender Section organized a training course on 16 and 17 November 2016 in Kyiv for fifteen women activists from the Roma community in Ukraine...
Commentary on Montenegro’s gender equality law presented by OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 17 November 2016
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights presented their Commentary on the country’s Law on Gender Equality on 16 November 2016 in Podgorica...