News and press releases

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a training seminar on presiding over cases of domestic violence for judges in the framework of the judges’ annual retraining courses in Astana on 3 April 2017...

A two-day training seminar supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana for social welfare workers and police officers on proper care and the provision of social services for victims of domestic violence, concluded in Kazakhstan’s capital on 25 November 2016...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a training seminar on addressing domestic violence for 35 chairpersons of regional courts in Astana, Kazakhstan on 14 November 2016...

ASTANA, 11 November 2016- An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on addressing sexual harassment in the workplace took place today for some 40 members of Parliament, high-level government officials and civil society representatives in Astana, Kazakhstan. It was aimed at supporting the host country in implementing the OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality...

SEMEY, Kazakhstan, 4 October 2016- An OSCE-supported training seminar on gender principles applied to local governments took place today in Semey, Kazakhstan for some 40 high-level government executives and district legislators...

TARAZ, Kazakhstan, 19 August 2016 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on promoting women entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan’s rural areas, which took place today in Taraz, South Kazakhstan, brought together some 50 participants from the Parliament, the Zhambyl local administration, the regional National Chamber of Entrepreneurs- Atameken, business organizations and civil society...

The fourth in a series of five OSCE-supported training seminars for women entrepreneurs working in the field of green technology started on 29 July 2016 in Arnasai village, Central Kazakhstan...