News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains psychologists in Tajikistan on rehabilitation techniques for domestic violence survivors
Publishing date: 14 October 2016
DUSHANBE, 14 October 2016 – The application of specific psychological rehabilitation techniques for survivors of domestic violence was the focus of a four-day training course that concluded today in Dushanbe. The course for 18 psychologists from the OSCE-supported Women’s Resource Centres was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE delegations encouraged to boost reporting on Women, Peace and Security agenda during ODIHR seminar
Publishing date: 11 October 2016
Representatives of OSCE delegations gathered in Vienna on 11 October 2016 to discuss challenges and exchange good practices in the implementation and reporting on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (UNSCR 1325), a landmark document reaffirming the
OSCE supports gender mainstreaming for local governments in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 October 2016
SEMEY, Kazakhstan, 4 October 2016- An OSCE-supported training seminar on gender principles applied to local governments took place today in Semey, Kazakhstan for some 40 high-level government executives and district legislators...
OSCE Mission to Moldova prepares trainers to improve police response in domestic violence cases
Publishing date: 4 October 2016
On 27 and 28 September 2016, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a training-of-trainers course for 25 law enforcement representatives from across the country on preventing and combating domestic violence. The event, held in Chisinau, was organized in co-operation with Moldova’s General Police Inspectorate...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports two-day training course on gender equality for Municipal Gender Focal Points
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
The principles of anti-discrimination, standards in gender equality, the relevant legal framework, gender-sensitive language, and the portrayal of women in the media were among the topics of a two-day training course supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro held for Municipal Gender Focal Points from 12 municipalities, which concluded on 30 September 2016 in Podgorica...
OSCE field operations promote women's empowerment at the OSCE/ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Publishing date: 29 September 2016
Equal economic opportunities, women’s active engagement in political and public life and combating domestic violence were the focus of a discussion held by OSCE field operations in Armenia, Moldova and Tajikistan on 28 September 2016 in Warsaw, Poland, at a side event to the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting...
OSCE trains facilitators of the Women’s Resource Centers network in Tajikistan on counteracting human trafficking
Publishing date: 23 September 2016