News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro continues to support ministries in gender-responsive budgeting process
Publishing date: 13 May 2022
In co-operation with the Secretariat to the Competitiveness Council of Montenegro and the Ministry of Finance, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized the training course for six ministries on gender-responsive budget analysis on 11 May 2022 in Podgorica.
OSCE Asian Partners meeting discusses women’s empowerment in disaster risk reduction and emergency responses, with a particular focus on the consequences of the ongoing war against Ukraine
Publishing date: 29 April 2022
Participants at today’s OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation Group discussion shared experiences and best practices in addressing the specific needs of women, girls and vulnerable groups during natural and man-made disasters, including those resulting from armed conflict.
Women’s participation in Uzbek energy sector focus of OSCE event
Publishing date: 28 April 2022
Promoting women’s participation in the Uzbek energy sector was at the centre of an event organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, jointly with the Kazakh-German University and the Tashkent State Technical University on 28 April in Tashkent.
Countering risks of human trafficking amid refugee flow focus of visit to Moldova by OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President and Special Representative
Publishing date: 22 April 2022
CHISINAU, 23 April 2022 – Countering the risks of human trafficking amid the humanitarian crisis caused by attack on Ukraine was at the centre of a two-day visit to Moldova by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Margareta Cederfelt (Sweden), and the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Valiant Richey.
Increasing refugee flow focus of OSCE Anti-Trafficking and Gender Technical Co-ordination Meeting
Publishing date: 21 April 2022
On 21 April, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held an Anti-Trafficking and Gender Technical Co-ordination Meeting to discuss the impacts of the increasing refugee flow and the risks of trafficking in human beings.
OSCE supports second forum on the role of women parliamentarians in the development of Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 14 April 2022
On 13 April 2022, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), in partnership with the Republican Commission on the Advancement of the Role of Women in Society, Gender Equality and the Family, Committee on Women and Gender Equality of the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan organized the Second Forum on the Role of Women Parliamentarians in the Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.
OSCE-supported event fosters women’s inclusion in the Kyrgyz energy sector
Publishing date: 11 April 2022
A roundtable on empowering young women working in the energy sector in Central Asia, was organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, jointly with the Kazakh-German University and the Kyrgyz State Technical University on 5 April in Bishkek...