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OSCE helps to promote women’s participation in decision making in security sector governance in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 6 April 2018
An international conference entitled "The Role of Women from the Sectors of Security, Law and Order in the Sustainable Development of Regions" was organized by the Kyrgyz Association of Women in the Security Sector in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek on 30 March 2018 in Bishkek.
OSCE helps Kyrgyzstan’s State Commission on Religious Affairs to train staff in promoting gender equality
Publishing date: 15 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
The Programme Office in Bishkek supported a one-month training course aimed at improving the skills of the staff of Kyrgyzstan’s State Commission on Religious Affairs (SCRA) in promoting gender equality. The training sessions for SCRA staff course took place from 8 November to 6 December 2017 in Bishkek...
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek facilitates creative workshops for teenage girls in marking International Day of the Girl Child
Publishing date: 12 October 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Education, Gender equality
BISHKEK, 12 October 2017 – To mark the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, a “Successful Girl” leadership school was launched across three province of Kyrgyzstan by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek in partnership with the public foundation “Child’s Rights Defenders League”...
OSCE supports establishment of Kyrgyz Association of Women in the Security Sector
Publishing date: 6 March 2017
The Kyrgyz Association of Women in the Security Sector (KAWSS) was established on 2 March 2017 in Bishkek at a founding conference organized by the OSCE Centre in co-operation with the Kyrgyz Association of Women Police (KAWP), the Presidential Administration, the Parliament, the Defence Council, the Supreme Court, the Government, the Prime Minister’s Office, the Interior Ministry and all state security-providing structures. The aim of the Association is to increase the role of women in the security sector governance field. The conference brought together around 100 delegates representing the above-mentioned national stakeholders, civil society and international organizations...
OSCE-co-organized forum of women candidates for local council elections concludes in Osh
Publishing date: 5 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections, Gender equality
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 5 November 2016 – A forum of women candidates for local council elections was organized today in Osh city with the aim of encouraging some 125 graduates of Women’s Leadership Schools from the Bishkek, Issyk-Kul, Osh and Batken regions to participate in the 11 December local council elections...
Athletes discuss gender-based violence at OSCE-supported event in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 26 July 2016 – Some 25 athletes and sport trainers today discussed gender-based violence at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion attended by a world amateur boxing champion (1986) and former member of parliament, Orzubek Nazarov...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains women in southern Kyrgyzstan on conflict prevention and mediation
Publishing date: 20 May 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 20 May 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the non-governmental organization Ensan-Diamond and the local public association “Peace Messengers”, conducted three one-day training courses on conflict prevention and mediation in Osh city for some 100 members of Women Initiative Groups from the Batken, Jalal-Abad and Osh provinces...