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OSCE Project Co-ordinator strengthens role of Ukrainian medical professionals to assist human trafficking victims
Publishing date: 10 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 10 December 2008- The role of medical practitioners in combating human trafficking and ensuring victim assistance is the focus of a two-day seminar that started in Kyiv today...
Women's Resource Centre opens in Armenia's Syunik province
Publishing date: 2 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
MEGHRI, Armenia, 2 December 2008- The Meghri Women's Resource Centre, supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, opened today in Meghri, in the remote Syunik region of Armenia...
OSCE media freedom representative receives Chydenius medal
Publishing date: 2 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
HELSINKI, 2 December 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, received the Chydenius medal in Helsinki today for his work to promote access to governmental information...
OSCE Magazine previews Helsinki ministerial meeting, 2009 Greek Chairmanship, spotlights human trafficking
Publishing date: 1 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 1 December 2008- President Tarja Halonen of Finland leads the line-up of contributors to the latest OSCE Magazine, now available ahead of the Organization's annual meeting in Helsinki on 4 and 5 December...
OSCE Centre promotes law on equal rights and opportunities for women and men
Publishing date: 28 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ASTANA, 28 November 2008- A roundtable discussion on Kazakhstan's draft law on gender equality and the best practices of other OSCE participating states took place in Borovoye in Central Kazakhstan today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes workshop on gender, social inclusion
Publishing date: 27 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Gender equality
SKOPJE, 27 November 2008- Twenty NGO representatives and civil society activists will take part in a three-day workshop on gender and social inclusion, launched in Ohrid today...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Moldovan Parliament to improve draft state secrecy law
Publishing date: 26 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 26 November 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, said today that the draft law on State Secrets of Moldova needs to be improved before it is adopted by Parliament...