News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps develop business skills of female entrepreneurs in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 28 September 2012
ISTANBUL, 28 September 2012 – An OSCE-supported training course for women entrepreneurs from Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan concluded in Istanbul today...
Gender-sensitive policing can help provide more security to all, say participants of OSCE discussion
Publishing date: 21 September 2012
The OSCE Gender Section held on 21 September 2012 in Vienna a discussion on gender-sensitive policing, its benefits and the challenges it faces, as well as the possibilities for gender mainstreaming within police forces in the OSCE region. The discussion was held on the margins of the OSCE’ Annual Police Expert Meeting which gathers police and security experts from the 56 OSCE participating States...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports gender awareness in policymaking
Publishing date: 18 September 2012
An OSCE-supported seminar on integrating gender issues into policies for civil servants from Kazakhstan started in Astana on 18 September 2012...
Gender and economy the focus of Prague event
Publishing date: 14 September 2012
The OSCE’s Gender Section held a discussion on gender and economy on the margins of the 20th Annual Economic and Environmental Forum in Prague on 14 September 2012...
Assisting integration of women from migrant, minority and Roma and Sinti communities in focus at OSCE conference
Publishing date: 6 September 2012
VIENNA, 6 September 2012 – An OSCE-organized roundtable discussion of ways to overcome existing barriers to the integration of migrant, minority and Roma and Sinti women into their communities and into the society as a whole started in Vienna today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine opens art exhibition by domestic violence victims
Publishing date: 4 September 2012
KYIV, 4 September 2012 – Paintings by victims of domestic violence are on show at an exhibition that was opened in Kyiv today by Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE organizes leadership summer school for young women from both banks of Dniester/Nistru river
Publishing date: 6 August 2012
CHISINAU, 6 August 2012 – Having women in leadership positions is key to women’s empowerment and a precondition for any country’s prosperity, said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, today as she inaugurated the 2012 Summer School of Leadership for young women in Vadul Lui Voda...