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Workshop on gender equality and women's rights held in Prague

Publishing date: 31 March 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
ODIHR organized a workshop for national human rights institutions from 17 OSCE participating States in Prague on 29 March...

Women’s rights, police capacity building focus of OSCE workshop in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 16 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
TASHKENT, 16 March 2011 – Building the capacity of national police personnel to protect women’s rights is the focus of a three-day OSCE-supported workshop that opened today in Tashkent...

OSCE Office supports implementation of domestic violence prevention law

Publishing date: 11 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
BAKU, 11 March 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku, in co-operation with the State Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Affairs, held a conference today to support the implementation of the Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence, raising awareness about the matter and sharing international experience in addressing it...

OSCE-supported women's network in Albania seeks presidential support for electoral gender balance

Publishing date: 9 March 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Gender equality
A group of 40 Albanian women participating in an OSCE Presence in Albania project on gender equality asked Albanian President Bamir Topi for support in ensuring women’s inclusion in electoral candidates’ lists for the upcoming local elections during a meeting on 8 March 2011 in Tirana...

OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina calls for better implementation of Gender Equality Law on International Women's Day

Publishing date: 8 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 8 March 2011 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Vadim Kuznetsov, called for better implementation of the country's gender equality law in a statement released to mark today's 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day...

OSCE Mission to Moldova promotes women’s participation in upcoming local elections

Publishing date: 8 March 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Elections, Gender equality
The OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the International Center for the Advancement of Women in Business NGO (ICAWB), will conduct training seminars on running for public office for 150 women from all over Moldova. The project is being implemented ahead of upcoming local elections and marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2011...

More must be done to promote gender equality, OSCE Chairperson says on 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day

Publishing date: 8 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
VILNIUS, 8 March 2011 – The 100th Anniversary of the International Women's Day is a call to intensify work to promote gender equality, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said today...