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Regional experiences and good practices to advance the Women, Peace and Security agenda shared at Tirana workshop co-organized by ODIHR and OSCE Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 4 July 2017
Good practices to advance the Women, Peace and Security agenda were shared and actively discussed at a regional workshop on 4 July 2017 in Tirana, organized by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Presence in Albania. The aim of the workshop was to share
Concrete action needed to achieve gender equality in OSCE region, say participants at OSCE Second Gender Equality Review Conference
Publishing date: 12 June 2017
VIENNA, 12 June 2017 – Participants in the second OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference in Vienna stressed today that more systematic and concrete action is needed to achieve progress advancing towards gender equality in the OSCE area.
Much still needs to be done to ensure women’s equal participation in all spheres of life, OSCE leaders say on International Women’s Day
Publishing date: 8 March 2017
VIENNA/WARSAW, 8 March 2017 – While significant progress has been made to advance women’s equal participation in all spheres of life, much still needs to be done to make that equality a reality, senior officials of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said today on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
Gender-sensitive approaches to government communication explored during OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Kyiv
Publishing date: 25 November 2016
Twenty-two representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry for Social Policy participated in a workshop on mainstreaming gender into communication organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Kyiv on 25 November 2016.
OSCE Secretary General and OSCE/ODIHR Director call on participating States to end violence against women
Publishing date: 25 November 2016
VIENNA / WARSAW, 25 November 2016- On the occasion of today’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Michael Georg Link today called on OSCE participating States to step up their efforts to eradicate violence against women...
Integrating gender aspects into security sector’s work is essential to countering terrorism and violent extremism, say experts at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 23 November 2016
VIENNA, 23 November 2016 – The need to gender mainstream operational responses by the security sector in countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) was highlighted during a two-day technical expert meeting of more than 80 law enforcement and government officials from across the OSCE region, which concluded today in Vienna...
OSCE delegations encouraged to boost reporting on Women, Peace and Security agenda during ODIHR seminar
Publishing date: 11 October 2016
Representatives of OSCE delegations gathered in Vienna on 11 October 2016 to discuss challenges and exchange good practices in the implementation and reporting on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (UNSCR 1325), a landmark document reaffirming the