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OSCE SMM Chief Monitor and OSCE Project Co-ordinator call for protection and inclusion of women in Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed), OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
KYIV, 24 November 2017 – As the world is set to mark tomorrow’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, it is vitally important to recognize the link between violence against women and armed conflict, said Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, and Ambassador Vaidotas Verba, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, today in Kyiv.
Ukrainian female displaced persons require further support for long-term integration, states OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine report
Publishing date: 7 March 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KYIV, 7 March 2017 – Internally displaced women still face many issues that prevent them from successful long-term integration into the host communities, states an OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) report released today in Kyiv. The research was conducted by the NGO “Youth Alternative”, at the request of the Social Policy Ministry of Ukraine...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports gender mainstreaming in judicial reform
Publishing date: 9 June 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
Equal access to justice for women and men was the focus of an OSCE-supported forum on 9 June 2016 in Kyiv, which brought together over 80 representatives of the national justice system, legislative and executive authorities, the Ombudsman Office, regional and international organizations and NGOs...
OSCE supports specialized course and manual for journalists in Ukraine on gender equality and non-discrimination
Publishing date: 3 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 3 July 2015- A two-day workshop which presented a new course and manual on gender equality and non-discrimination for representatives of Ukraine’s media educational institutions ended today in Kyiv. The workshop was organized with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
Need for women to be included in conflict prevention and resolution processes stressed at OSCE-supported workshop in Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KYIV, 24 April 2015 –The need for women,as active stakeholders in conflict, to be included in prevention and resolution processes was stressed was stressed during a workshop supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordination in Ukraine, OSCE Gender Section and UN Women on 23 and 24 April in Kyiv...
More efforts needed to address gender issues in conflict situations in Ukraine, say participants of OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
More work is needed at the regional and local levels to address the needs and concerns of women and children in conflict and post-conflict situations, said participants at the end of a three-day conference in Kyiv on 12 December 2014 focusing on Ukraine’s gender policy in the context of European integration and international commitments...
OSCE trains Ukrainian social service providers on working with domestic violence offenders
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
Thirty representatives of social service providers from various regions of Ukraine were trained on effectively handling domestic violence cases and working with offenders, during a two-day session in Lviv in western Ukraine that ended on 2 July 2014...