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Leadership and women’s political participation focus of OSCE-supported training seminar in Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 January 2019
The role of women in the political and decision-making processes and the techniques to improve professional skills to assume leadership positions was the focus of a training seminar which concluded on 28 January 2019 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
OSCE supports international conference on development of crisis centres to strengthen responses to domestic violence in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 December 2018
The prevention of domestic violence was the focus of the international conference on the development of crisis centres for victims of domestic violence which concluded on 7 December 2018 in Astana...
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek participated in 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
Publishing date: 12 December 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek organized a series of lectures aimed at raising awareness about consequences and criminal liability of bride kidnapping within the worldwide campaign 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized two workshops on gender-responsive budgeting
Publishing date: 10 December 2018
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized two workshops on gender-responsive budgeting in Kolašin and Tivat, on 29 and 30 November and 3 and 4 December, respectively. The Mission engaged experts who delivered the training sessions and conducted a gender budgeting analysis for 14 participants representing municipalities in Kolasin and Tivat. The aim of the events was to help municipal institutions with gender mainstreaming. They were organized in partnership with the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights and its Department for Gender Equality.
OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan concludes with decisions in OSCE’s politico-military, economic and environmental, and human dimensions
Publishing date: 7 December 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MILAN, Italy, 7 December 2018 – Decisions and declarations all across three of the OSCE’s security dimensions – the politico-military, economic and environmental, and human dimensions – were agreed by OSCE participating States at close of the 25th OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan today...
Role of women in security and development process focus of OSCE-organized lectures for students in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 5 December 2018
Over 70 university students and teaching staff attended lectures on the role of women in the security and development process from 3 to 5 December 2018 in Ashgabat. The event was organized by OSCE Centre in Ashgabat. Swanee Hunt, the Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in the United States, delivered the lectures, focusing on women’s active participation in conflict prevention and resolution, peace building and policy making.
OSCE Programme Office launches nationwide campaign 16 days of Activism against Gender-based Violence in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 30 November 2018
As part of the global campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe launched a nationwide awareness-raising campaign in five regions with a special focus on remote areas.