News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes networking event for members of the Gender Equality Platform on Border Security
Publishing date: 18 October 2021
Members of the OSCE Gender Equality Platform on Border Security and Management and representatives of border agencies from the OSCE region and beyond discussed the importance of an inclusive approach to gender equality in the security sector on 18 October 2021.
Seventh Dialogue Academy for Young Women, co-hosted by OSCE Mission in Kosovo and OSCE Mission to Serbia, concludes in Mavrovo
Publishing date: 18 October 2021
The seventh OSCE Dialogue Academy for Young Women concluded on 16 October 2021 in Mavrovo, North Macedonia. Eighteen participants from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade attended the Academy...
OSCE PA Vice-President Kauma highlights women’s role in addressing pressing global issues at Eurasian Women’s Forum in St. Petersburg
Publishing date: 15 October 2021
COPENHAGEN, 15 October 2021 – Following an invitation of President of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Valentina Matvienko, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Pia Kauma (Finland) represented the PA at the Third Eurasian Women’s Forum in St. Petersburg on 13-15 October.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro facilitates first meeting between police women from Montenegro and Serbia
Publishing date: 15 October 2021
As a concrete outcome of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro’s campaign on more women in policing, the first meeting of the Women Police Association from Montenegro and the Network of Women in Police from Serbia was organized in Podgorica on 14 October 2021, supported by the Mission and the Swedish Police Regional Project Office in Belgrade...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports a gender sensitive Parliament
Publishing date: 5 October 2021
In partnership with the parliamentary Gender Equality Committee, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a capacity-building workshop on gender mainstreaming on 29 and 30 September 2021, to implement gender assessments in drafting and adopting legislation and policies...
OSCE trains psychologists from women resource centres in Tajikistan in providing psychological support to survivors of domestic violence
Publishing date: 4 October 2021
A five-day training course on “Activities of psychologists in domestic violence issues”, organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe concluded on 1 October 2021 in Dushanbe. Twenty-one female psychologists from women’s resource centres (WRCs) and Tajikistan’s Committee on Women and Family Affairs from the Sughd, Khatlon, Rasht Valley regions, and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan took part.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights’ Department for Gender Equality to implement gender responsive policies
Publishing date: 1 October 2021
On 1 October 2021, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro donated technical equipment to the Department for Gender Equality within the Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights. The equipment will help to enhance the Department’s capacity to produce quality reports and presentations on the implementation of gender responsive policies.