News and press releases

A two-day training course for national ministry representatives on UN Security Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, highlighting the importance of including women in peace processes and conflict resolution, was held on 13 and 14 May 2014, in Chisinau...

Measures to advance gender equality in Malta were the focus today at a conference in Sliema, Malta.

Sharing good practices in promoting gender equality and women’s advancement in political parties was the focus of a three-day regional workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) that ended on 24 November 2013 in Bishkek...

Advancing women’s role in Hungarian politics ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections was the focus of a conference co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Budapest on 15 November 2013...

Strategies for effective human rights monitoring and advancing women’s rights were discussed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at a workshop for officials from the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia, in Ulaanbaatar on 14 and 15 October 2013...

An OSCE regional training course on gender-sensitive labour migration policies concluded on 8 October 2013 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Government officials and civil society from five OSCE participating States – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – learned how to develop and implement labour migration policies that benefit both female and male migrant workers.

Promoting the role of women as political party decision-makers and candidates for public office ahead of 2014 local elections was the focus of a training session co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw from 12 to 13 August 2013...