OSCE Gender Equality Champions
Every year the OSCE Secretary General presents Gender Equality Champion awards recognizing exceptional achievements by OSCE leaders, individual women and men, teams or projects to promote gender equality.
OSCE Gender Equality Champions are nominated early in the year and the awards are presented on or around International Women’s Day on March 8. Read the stories of how the imagination and perseverance of OSCE Gender Champions are putting the OSCE’s strong commitment to gender equality into action.
Gender Justice, a Constitutional RightOSCE Gender Champion Oleksandr Vodyannikov “I always like to tell my trainees that gender justice is not about men versus women. Certainly, it’s about issues like equal pay for equal work. But it’s so much more. It’s about fairness, a society where everyone’s dignity is respected; it’s about what we mean by true democracy.” One day after receiving the award of OSCE Gender Champion on 21 July 2022, Oleksandr Vodyannikov was in the Kyiv office of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. At work, as usual.Story
Gender Champion Award Ceremony, 12 March 2021Video Clip
OSCE staff recognized for outstanding efforts in promoting gender equalityOSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger acknowledged exceptional efforts and achievements of OSCE staff members in promoting gender equality in the OSCE and beyond at an award ceremony that took place on 12 March 2020, in Vienna.News
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“Be courageous!” How women in Kyrgyzstan are bringing a fresh perspective to local politicsStory