Regional Conference on Promoting Women’s Participation in Law Enforcement in Central Asia

ORGANIZED BY: OSCE Secretariat’s Gender Issues Programme/WIN Project, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department/Strategic Police Matters Unit, OSCE Secretariat’s Conflict Prevention Center/Project on Security Sector Governance and Reform.

The OSCE is organizing a Regional Conference on Promoting Women’s Participation in Law Enforcement in Central Asia to be held on 14-15 September 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The conference will gather representatives of relevant national authorities (Ministry of Interior, Police Academies, other relevant law enforcement agencies), OSCE structures and field operations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and international organizations engaged with security sector institutions from across the OSCE region.

Key objectives of the Regional Conference are:

• Provide a regional platform for exchange on good practices to strengthen women’s representation in law enforcement in Central Asia;
• Enable networking and knowledge-sharing between women police associations, networks and unions in Central Asia and other parts of the OSCE region;
• Develop recommendations for participating States and the OSCE on how to best support emerging and existing networks for women in law enforcement in Central Asia;
• Identify key success criteria for women police associations to have considerable and lasting impact on the role of women in law enforcement.