OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports ministries to mainstream gender into policies

To build the capacity of inter-ministerial actors responsible for implementing gender mainstreaming across ministries, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a basic training course on mainstreaming gender into policies at the central level, from 6 to 8 December 2021 in Podgorica.

The training course was organized with the support of the Directorate for Gender Equality within the Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights. It gathered 15 employees from six ministries to enhance their capacities to effectively mainstream gender into policies, procedures and internal operating systems. 

Biljana Pejović, Head of the Directorate for Gender Equality said that the Ministry appreciates the support of the Mission in developing tools to implement gender mainstreaming into policies and strategies.. “This training course assisted staff to implement gender tools and understand how to include a gender perspective in policies, evaluate their impact on the lives of women, men, girls and boys, identify gender gaps and introduce tailor-made measures to eliminate gender inequalities”, said Pejović.

The Mission will continue to support the government and its institutions in their efforts to adopt and implement gender-responsive policies.