News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains state co-ordinators on gender equality
Publishing date: 30 October 2008
SKOPJE, 30 October 2008-State co-ordinators for equal opportunities, appointed in all government ministries, will be trained on gender equality and mainstreaming in policy formulation at a two-day workshop launched in Mavrovo today...
Joint declaration of women parliamentarians calls for 30 per cent female representation in South-Eastern Europe parliaments
Publishing date: 27 October 2008
TIRANA, 27 October 2008- Female parliamentarians from South-Eastern Europe urged their respective parliaments and governments to adopt electoral codes to guarantee at least 30 per cent of seats for women candidates...
Strategy needed to halt violence against women, say participants at OSCE Dushanbe meeting
Publishing date: 21 October 2008
DUSHANBE, 21 October 2008- OSCE participating States must design and implement efficient strategies to end violence against women, participants at a seminar in Dushanbe said today...
OSCE, British Council organize course for female candidates in Armenia on election campaign management
Publishing date: 19 September 2008
GORIS, Armenia, 19 September 2008- How to run an election campaign, manage media relations and give political speeches are among the topics of an OSCE-organized two-day course for women that started in the southern Syunik province today...
OSCE Presence, USAID publish book to assist implementation of domestic violence law
Publishing date: 31 July 2008
TIRANA, 31 July 2008- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) published this week a judicial manual that will help courts to implement the country's law on domestic violence...
OSCE Office supports Tajikistan's efforts to improve Gender Equality Law
Publishing date: 29 July 2008
DUSHANBE, 29 July 2008- How to integrate a gender perspective in Tajikistan's national policies as well improve Tajikistan's Gender Equality Law and ensure that it is implemented correctly was the focus of the roundtable discussion held in Dushanbe...
OSCE Centre trains Kyrgyz prosecutors on children's and women's rights
Publishing date: 9 June 2008
BISHKEK, 9 June 2008- Protecting the rights of juvenile and women prisoners, and legislation in the field is the focus of a training course for prosecutors and their assistants, organized by the OSCE Centre, that began in Bishkek today...