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OSCE launches channel on YouTube

Publishing date: 27 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 27 November 2008- The OSCE today launched its own channel on the popular video-sharing website YouTube...

OSCE's senior gender adviser visits Belarus

Publishing date: 25 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
MINSK, 25 November 2008- Jamila Seftaoui, the OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, began a two-day visit to Minsk today linked to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the publication of a joint UN-OSCE survey...

OSCE Mission to Skopje trains state co-ordinators on gender equality

Publishing date: 30 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Gender equality
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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
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...

Female parliamentarians from South-Eastern Europe agree to increase co-operation on gender with support from OSCE

Publishing date: 24 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
TIRANA, 24 October 2008- Female parliamentarians from South-Eastern Europe agreed to intensify their co-operation to increase women's participation in politics during a meeting in Tirana organized by the Albanian Parliament and the OSCE Presence...

Strategy needed to halt violence against women, say participants at OSCE Dushanbe meeting

Publishing date: 21 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
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 Mission head welcomes appointments of Citizens' Protector deputies in Serbia

Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Education, Gender equality, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BELGRADE, 7 October 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, welcomed today the National Assembly's appointment of four Citizen Protectors' deputies...