News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Survivors’ voices crucial for effective and gender-sensitive anti-trafficking strategies, say participants in OSCE/ODIHR event in Vienna
Publishing date: 23 April 2018
Multidisciplinary and gender-sensitive approaches reflecting the needs and voices of survivors of human trafficking were at the centre of discussions at a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU/TNTD)
Enabling political participation of women with disabilities the focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Vienna
Publishing date: 17 April 2018
Promoting the full and equal participation of women with disabilities in political and public life was the focus of discussions at a conference organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 16 and 17 April 2018. Over 90 parliamentarians and
Effectively combatting trafficking of women and girls means understanding it as a form of gender-based violence, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event at UN
Publishing date: 15 March 2018
NEW YORK, 15 March 2018 –Trafficking of women and girls is a form of gender-based violence, based on inequality, said participants at an event organized today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the sidelines of the 62nd meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, in New York...
On International Women’s Day, OSCE officials call for strengthening women’s participation in all areas of public life
Publishing date: 8 March 2018
VIENNA/WARSAW, 8 March 2018 – Increased efforts are needed to advance women’s leadership and participation in public life if we are to achieve gender equality, say senior officials of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
Participants in ODIHR-supported conference in Warsaw mark 100 years of women's suffrage rights
Publishing date: 6 March 2018
The road to women’s increased political participation in Poland and ways to further strengthen women’s voices in politics and society were the focus of a conference on the history of women’s rights co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 6
Ahead of Human Rights Day, ODIHR Director calls on states to leverage current momentum to address gender-based violence, sexual assault, harassment
Publishing date: 8 December 2017
VIENNA, 8 December 2017 – Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called on participating States today to leverage current momentum in addressing gender-based violence in all its forms, including sexual assault and harassment, ahead of International Human Rights Day on 10 December...
Linkages between gender, diversity and justice explored at ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 29 November 2017
The impact of gender equality and diversity within the judiciary and the prosecution service on the fairness of justice systems was the focus of an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw on 28 and 29 November 2017. More than 20