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Computer centre for female students opens in Dushanbe with OSCE help

Publishing date: 7 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 7 March 2008- A computer centre in a student dormitory for orphan girls opened today with the help of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe...

Albanian civil society organizations promote increased participation of women in elections

Publishing date: 9 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
TIRANA, 9 February 2008- Civil society experts today prepared a set of recommendations aiming to increase women's role in politics as candidates, leaders and voters. The proposals came at the end of a forum...

OSCE promotes monitoring of women's rights in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 8 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ALMATY, 8 February 2008- The methodologies used to monitor women's rights were the focus of a workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Astana, that ended in Almaty today...

OSCE Centre promotes gender equality in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 7 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ALMATY, 7 December 2007- Effective legislation and implementation mechanisms on equal rights and opportunities for women and men were the focus of a roundtable discussion in Almaty today organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...

OSCE Centre supports public hearing on Tajikistan's gender equality law

Publishing date: 7 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 7 December 2007- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, in cooperation with the parliamentary committee on social, women and ecological issues, held a public hearing today to discuss the implementation of the Tajikistan's gender equality law...

OSCE Office supports report on political and economic empowerment of women in Armenia

Publishing date: 5 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KAPAN, Armenia, 5 December 2007- Armenian women are underrepresented in public and economic life, says an OSCE-supported report presented today in Kapan, the capital of Syunik province...

OSCE Office supports study on the participation of female candidates in Armenia's parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 15 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
YEREVAN, 15 November 2007- An imperfect electoral process, gender stereotypes, and a lack of political experience and financial resources put female political candidates at a disadvantage, found an OSCE-supported study presented today in Yerevan...