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OSCE meeting focuses on monitoring and reporting on women's rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ALMATY, 11 December 2008- Ways to improve monitoring and reporting on the rights of women in Kazakhstan are the focus of an OSCE roundtable discussion which began in Almaty today...
OSCE forum in Kyiv to discuss strategies for increasing women's participation in political life
Publishing date: 5 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KYIV, 5 June 2008- A two-day OSCE forum for elected women councillors from local councils of Ukraine will open in Kyiv tomorrow...
OSCE launches reports to promote better protection of trafficking victims
Publishing date: 26 May 2008
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 26 May 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today launched a report promoting the payment of compensation to victims of human trafficking...
International rights bodies call on politicians to lead fight against intolerance and discrimination
Publishing date: 18 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW/STRASBOURG/VIENNA, 18 March 2008- In a joint statement issued on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March, three leading human rights agencies call on political leaders to assume...
OSCE trains police in Ukraine to combat domestic violence
Publishing date: 6 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
YALTA, Ukraine, 6 September 2007- A two-day training course on the role of precinct police inspectors in response to domestic violence began in the Ukrainian sea resort of Yalta today...
Dushanbe OSCE meeting explores gender and security issues
Publishing date: 5 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 5 September 2007- Incorporating gender perspectives into security in the Tajik context was the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop that ended in Dushanbe today...
ODIHR to hold training course for Azerbaijani and Kyrgyz women
Publishing date: 13 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality
BISHKEK, 13 April, 2007- Increasing women's participation in politics and public life is the aim of a week-long training course, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, that starts in Bishkek tomorrow...