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OSCE, British Council organize course for female candidates in Armenia on election campaign management
Publishing date: 19 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
GORIS, Armenia, 19 September 2008- How to run an election campaign, manage media relations and give political speeches are among the topics of an OSCE-organized two-day course for women that started in the southern Syunik province today...
Human rights challenges in Tajikistan focus of meeting organized by OSCE Office
Publishing date: 12 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 12 September 2008- Free and fair elections, violence against women, prevention of torture, access to prisons and forced labour were topics discussed at a two-day meeting organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan that concluded today...
OSCE Office organizes summer camp for Armenian children
Publishing date: 27 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
KAPAN, Armenia, 27 August 2008- Some 80 disabled and socially disadvantaged children from Armenia's Syunik province are taking part in a summer camp on "Learning to Live Together" in Kapan, the provincial capital...
OSCE Presence, USAID publish book to assist implementation of domestic violence law
Publishing date: 31 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
TIRANA, 31 July 2008- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) published this week a judicial manual that will help courts to implement the country's law on domestic violence...
OSCE Office supports Tajikistan's efforts to improve Gender Equality Law
Publishing date: 29 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 29 July 2008- How to integrate a gender perspective in Tajikistan's national policies as well improve Tajikistan's Gender Equality Law and ensure that it is implemented correctly was the focus of the roundtable discussion held in Dushanbe...
OSCE Centre trains Kyrgyz prosecutors on children's and women's rights
Publishing date: 9 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 9 June 2008- Protecting the rights of juvenile and women prisoners, and legislation in the field is the focus of a training course for prosecutors and their assistants, organized by the OSCE Centre, that began in Bishkek today...
OSCE forum in Kyiv to discuss strategies for increasing women's participation in political life
Publishing date: 5 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KYIV, 5 June 2008- A two-day OSCE forum for elected women councillors from local councils of Ukraine will open in Kyiv tomorrow...