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OSCE Mission to Skopje supports gender mainstreaming in conflict prevention and resolution
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
SKOPJE, 9 March 2012 – The role of women in conflict prevention and peaceful conflict resolution was the topic of an OSCE-supported public event that took place in Skopje today...
OSCE Mission calls for commitment to women’s rights and gender equality
Publishing date: 8 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Gender equality
SARAJEVO, 8 March 2012 – On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Fletcher M. Burton stressed today the need to step up efforts to promote rights of women and gender equality...
Promoting gender equality and women’s rights must be a priority for all OSCE states, says Chairperson on International Women’s Day
Publishing date: 8 March 2012
DUBLIN, 8 March 2012 – Promoting gender equality and ensuring women’s participation in political, public and economic spheres must be central to the work of the OSCE and all 56 participating States, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore today marking International Women’s Day...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo launches campaign against domestic violence, assists institutions
Publishing date: 7 March 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 7 March 2012 – A day ahead of the International Women’s Day, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched an information campaign urging the public to report cases of domestic violence, and publications to help the local institutions better assist victims of the crime...
OSCE Office supports discussion on domestic violence legislation in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
YEREVAN, 17 February 2012 – A new draft law on domestic violence was the focus of a discussion held today with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
OSCE Office presents media awards for promotion of gender equality in Armenia
Publishing date: 10 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
YEREVAN, 10 February 2012 – Twenty-one awards in twelve categories recognizing the promotion of gender equality in the media were presented today to the winners of the Na/Ne (S/HE) annual competition...
OSCE Office in Baku trains social workers in combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
The OSCE Office in Baku organized a train-the-trainers workshop on the role of social workers in the prevention of domestic violence. More than 20 participants working in various shelters and family support centres attended the three-day event from 13 to 15 December 2011.