News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes women’s economic empowerment in rural areas of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 August 2016
TARAZ, Kazakhstan, 19 August 2016 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on promoting women entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan’s rural areas, which took place today in Taraz, South Kazakhstan, brought together some 50 participants from the Parliament, the Zhambyl local administration, the regional National Chamber of Entrepreneurs- Atameken, business organizations and civil society...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan launches Mentoring Training Programme for women politicians
Publishing date: 1 August 2016
A mentoring training programme for women politicians was launched by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on 1 August 2016 in Dushanbe and will see experienced women politicians cascading their knowledge, provide guidance, support and reassurance to younger women in politics...
OSCE promotes ‘green’ women’s entrepreneurship in rural areas of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 July 2016
The fourth in a series of five OSCE-supported training seminars for women entrepreneurs working in the field of green technology started on 29 July 2016 in Arnasai village, Central Kazakhstan...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan support Garm’s local authorities in strengthening referral mechanisms for protecting domestic violence victims
Publishing date: 28 July 2016
GARM, Tajikistan, 28 July 2016 – Some 20 representatives of civil society and state agencies working to provide direct assistance to domestic violence victims learned about good practices on local referral mechanisms in other regions of Tajikistan at a workshop held today in Garm by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
Athletes discuss gender-based violence at OSCE-supported event in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 July 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 26 July 2016 – Some 25 athletes and sport trainers today discussed gender-based violence at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion attended by a world amateur boxing champion (1986) and former member of parliament, Orzubek Nazarov...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan organizes first regional forum for promoting women’s political participation in Khujand
Publishing date: 25 July 2016
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan on 24 July 2016 organized the first regional forum for promoting women’s political participation in Khujand, with the aim of increasing community outreach, engaging women leaders in the region and supporting women’s empowerment in political and public life...
Bringing security home: More needs to be done to combat violence against women and girls, say participants of OSCE conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 22 July 2016
VIENNA, 22 July 2016- Violence against women and girls is one of the most serious and pervasive human rights violations. More needs to be done to eliminate this problem so that women can participate without barriers in all spheres of life, said participants of a high-level OSCE conference today in Vienna...