News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Peace and security not attainable without meaningful inclusion of women in peace-building processes, say participants of Security Days event in Vienna
Publishing date: 16 November 2015
VIENNA, 16 November 2015 – Peace and security in societies cannot be achieved unless women are fully involved and meaningfully engaged in peace-building processes, said participants of the Security Days event in Vienna on 13 November 2015...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports public discussion on draft local action plan for gender equality for Podgorica
Publishing date: 12 November 2015
A draft local action plan for gender equality for Montenegro’s capital city of Podgorica was the topic of an OSCE-supported public discussion held in the city, on 11 November 2015...
Entrepreneurship and developing business ideas in focus of OSCE-supported training course for women in Montenegro’s Tivat municipality
Publishing date: 10 November 2015
The challenges and opportunities for female entrepreneurship, institutional support, development of business ideas and time management were the topics of a training course organized in Montenegro’s municipality of Tivat on 6 and 7 November 2015, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro...
OSCE supports training course on the first database for domestic violence cases in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH)
Publishing date: 6 November 2015
SARAJEVO, 6 November 2015- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the FBiH Gender Centre, the Network of Women Police Officers, and UN Women, today concluded a series of ten training courses on implementing the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence and the use of the domestic violence database...
OSCE-supported training course focuses on economic empowerment of women in Montenegro’s Bijelo Polje municipality
Publishing date: 2 November 2015
The economic empowerment of unemployed women in Montenegro’s municipality of Bijelo Polje was the topic of a training course on 30-31 October 2015 supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro...
All Montenegrin municipalities signed Memorandum of Understanding committing to promote gender equality
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights signed on October 28 2015 a Memorandum of Understanding with Montenegrin municipalities of Žabljak, Šavnik and Plužine, aiming to strengthen the co-operation in the area of gender equality...
Mentoring is effective in promoting women’s participation in public and political life, say participants of OSCE expert workshop in Skopje
Publishing date: 15 October 2015
Mentoring is one of the most effective strategies to promote women’s participation in public and political life, said participants of an expert meeting in Skopje organized by the OSCE Gender Section on 12 October 2015, which brought together representatives of civil society, politics, business and academia from across the Western Balkans...