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Vienna workshop highlights role of parliamentary bodies in advancing women’s interests
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
Good practices for parliamentary bodies in promoting gender equality and advancing women’s interests in national legislatures were the focus of a workshop held in Vienna by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), with the support of the Austrian Parliament and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 10 and 11 December 2012...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports research on sexual harassment
Publishing date: 10 December 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
The OSCE Centre in Astana supported a roundtable meeting on sexual harassment on 7 December 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
New OSCE/ODIHR handbook on national human rights institutions and gender equality presented at Sarajevo workshop
Publishing date: 4 December 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality
A new publication to highlight the role national human rights institutions can play in protecting and promoting women’s rights and gender equality was presented at a regional expert workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Sarajevo on 4 December 2012...
OSCE launches network to engage men in fight against gender violence
Publishing date: 29 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
The OSCE MenEngage network was launched on 29 November 2012 in Vienna as part of a larger advocacy effort during the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence...
OSCE Gender Adviser, in Portugal, stresses need to uphold women's rights in economic crisis
Publishing date: 28 November 2012
LISBON, 28 November 2012- The OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Miroslava Beham, concluding today a two-day visit to Portugal, stressed that special attention must be paid to women’s rights in times of austerity...
OSCE supports Kosovo Assembly Women’s Caucus in raising funds for women’s health issues
Publishing date: 26 November 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 26 November 2012- The OSCE Mission and the Assembly of Kosovo Women’s Caucus launched today a media campaign to raise awareness about the importance of timely testing and detection of breast cancer and to raise funds for the purchase of a mobile mammograph...
OSCE launches campaign against gender violence in Moldova
Publishing date: 26 November 2012