News and press releases

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights presented their Commentary on the country’s Law on Gender Equality on 16 November 2016 in Podgorica...

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...

The first activities of an action plan to create a more gender-sensitive national parliament in Montenegro were drafted during a workshop in Podgorica on 18-19 April 2016 organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...

A roadmap towards a gender-sensitive parliament in Montenegro with the aim of better integrating gender equality in the legislature, was presented in Podgorica on 11 December 2015. The document was developed with support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...

Under the scope of the global campaign "16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence" the OSCE Mission to Montenegro had supported training course for multi-disciplinary teams in Pljevlja, Herceg Novi, Cetinje, Berane and Podgorica between 30 November and 9 December 2015...

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was in focus of the press conference organized by the OSCE Mission and its partners on 25 November 2015 in Podgorica, which marked the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender-based violence in Montenegro...

Standards in gender equality, the relevant legal framework, gender-sensitive language, the portrayal of women in the media, and the representation of women in political life were the focus of a training course for university students in Podgorica, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 20-21 November 2015...