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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...

OSCE-supported project that opened a shelter for trafficking victims hailed a success

Publishing date: 14 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 14 November 2007- The establishment of a shelter that has helped 41 human trafficking victims so far was the main achievement of a two-year OSCE-supported project, the conclusion of which was marked by OSCE and other officials in Skopje today...

OSCE Centre organizes seminar for women entrepreneurs in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 15 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ASHGABAD, 15 October 2007- Women entrepreneurs in Turkmenistan had the opportunity to learn from their Central Asian peers through an OSCE Centre-supported seminar held over the weekend in the southeastern Mary region...

OSCE Presence helps train Albanian police, court officials and civil society groups on new domestic violence law

Publishing date: 18 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
TIRANA, 18 September 2007- The OSCE Presence in Albania helped to educate police officers and court officials, along with civil society representatives, on the country's new domestic violence law in training sessions which ended today....

OSCE trains police in Ukraine to combat domestic violence

Publishing date: 6 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
YALTA, Ukraine, 6 September 2007- A two-day training course on the role of precinct police inspectors in response to domestic violence began in the Ukrainian sea resort of Yalta today...