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OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues takes part in opening of Women's Resource Centres in southern Armenia
Publishing date: 2 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Gender equality
KAPAN, Armenia, 2 October 2009- The OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Jamila Seftaoui helped open OSCE-supported Women's Resource Centres in southern Armenia today that aim to support women's active participation in the region's social...
Number of women in OSCE senior positions up, but gender equality challenges remain, finds report
Publishing date: 24 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
VIENNA, 24 September 2009- The OSCE has made strides in promoting gender equality and mainstreaming gender in its programmes and projects but further work is needed, found a report presented to the OSCE's participating States today...
Albanian President makes key speech and presents certificates to participants in OSCE Presence women in governance project
Publishing date: 16 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
TIRANA, 16 June 2009- The President of the Republic of Albania, Bamir Topi, presented certificates today to 50 Albanian women who took part in an OSCE Presence project to enhance the role of women in governance...
OSCE launches good practices guide to combating violence against women
Publishing date: 8 June 2009
VIENNA, 8 June 2009- The OSCE Secretariat's Gender Section launched a compilation of good practices for combating violence against women in the OSCE region at a symposium in Vienna today...
OSCE Centre in Astana co-organizes seminar on gender equality draft law
Publishing date: 29 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ASTANA, 29 May 2009- A two-day seminar co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, focusing on how a draft law on gender equality can be promoted, started in Borovoye in northern Kazakhstan today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organizes workshop for civil society on convention on eliminating discrimination against women
Publishing date: 26 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 26 May 2009- A workshop for civil society representatives on how to report on compliance with the UN Convention on Eliminating all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan...
OSCE Centre co-organizes conference on prevention of domestic violence in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 20 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
BISHKEK, 20 May 2009- A conference that aims to strengthen efforts to prevent domestic violence in Kyrgyzstan, jointly organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Government...