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OSCE Mission of Montenegro, Human and Minority Rights Ministry, Podgorica authorities sign agreement on promoting gender equality
Publishing date: 2 December 2014
The Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro Ambassador, Janina Hrebickova; Minister for Human and Minority Rights, Suad Numanovic; Mayor of Capital City of Podgorica Slavoljub Stijepovic, and the President of the local parliament Djordje Suhih signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on promoting gender equality on 28 November 2014...
OSCE encourages development of partnership model to prevent domestic violence in Armenia
Publishing date: 2 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
YEREVAN, 2 December 2014 – The Social Justice NGO with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan presented today the results and key findings of a project on developing a partnership model for domestic violence prevention by strengthening police units in Armenia...
Strengthening capacities of Montenegro’s Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality in focus at OSCE-supported sessions
Publishing date: 1 December 2014
With the goal of strengthening the capacities of the Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality and their oversight role, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported two thematic sessions of the Committee that took place on 21 and 24 November 2014 in Podgorica...
Ceremony honours five OSCE Ambassadors for their efforts to promote gender equality
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
Five Ambassadors to the OSCE were honoured today by the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier for their efforts to promote gender equality both within the Organization and in the OSCE region...
Real men never hit women, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo’s campaign for 16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women
Publishing date: 26 November 2014
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched on 26 November 2014 in Prishtinë/Priština an anti-domestic violence campaign dubbed “Real man never hit women”...
OSCE in Moldova trains judges and prosecutors on combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
CHISINAU, 12 November 2014 – A group of Moldovan judges and prosecutors completed today an OSCE train-the-trainer course to enhance the capacity of the Moldovan judiciary system to prevent and combat domestic violence...
OSCE Special Representative on Gender Issues visits Tajikistan
Publishing date: 4 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 4 November 2014 – Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues June Zeitlin paid a four-day country visit to Tajikistan from 1 to 4 November 2014...