News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and UNODC continue efforts toward gender inclusive border security in South Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 16 November 2022
Together with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the OSCE Transnational Threats Department's Border Security and Management Unit (TNTD/BSMU) organized a two-day regional training on gender mainstreaming in border and law enforcement agencies that concluded today in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
New toolkit launched for women survivors of violence in conflict and post-conflict settings
Publishing date: 8 November 2022
On 8 November, the OSCE Gender Issues Programme, in partnership with the Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) Network, launched a new toolkit aimed at supporting women’s specialist services and civil society organizations involved in supporting women survivors of violence in conflict and post-conflict settings.
OSCE Secretary General launches the first OSCE Women’s Peace Leadership Programme
Publishing date: 17 October 2022
OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid launched the first OSCE Women’s Peace Leadership Programme today. Participants from all over the OSCE region and beyond, including Ukraine and Afghanistan – high-level women mentors and women leaders selected as mentees – participated in the event.
OSCE strengthens networks of women activists working on supporting survivors of sexual violence in conflict
Publishing date: 12 October 2022
On 5 and 6 October, women human rights activists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine gathered to share successful practices of supporting survivors of sexual violence against women in conflict, setting up referral mechanisms, and holding perpetrators accountable amid war and post-conflict settings.
New OSCE policy brief sheds light on linkages between violent misogynistic and violent extremist attitudes
Publishing date: 9 September 2022
The prevalence of violent misogynistic attitudes across the ideological spectrum of violent extremism, and the risks related to overlooking this issue in policymaking, is the focus of a new OSCE policy brief published today in Vienna.
OSCE continues efforts to prevent and combat gender-based violence in South Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 3 August 2022
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department's Strategic Police Matters Unit (TNTD/SPMU) organized a regional training-of-trainer course on gender-sensitive policing of violence against women and girls (VAWG) from 25 to 29 July 2022 in Warsaw, Poland.
OSCE helps inspire Central Asian Women to kick-start Careers in the Renewable Energy Sector
Publishing date: 15 July 2022
A high-level meeting and field visit aimed to foster young women’s participation in the renewable energy sector took place in Nur-Sultan on 14 July 2022. The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities organized the event together with the Kazakh German University.