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OSCE Mission to Skopje helps women participate more actively in politics
Publishing date: 30 May 2006
SKOPJE, 30 May 2006- Achievements of OSCE-supported projects aimed at increasing the participation of women in decision-making processes and bodies were discussed today in Skopje at the conference "Women Can Do It II- 2006 Parliamentary Elections"...
OSCE-sponsored gender equality project enters second phase
Publishing date: 25 May 2006
SKOPJE, 25 May 2006- The second phase of an OSCE-sponsored project to promote gender equality at the local level began today in Skopje...
OSCE Centre supports meeting on crisis centres in Tajikistan for women victims of violence
Publishing date: 24 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 24 May 2006- Representatives of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, local authorities, international experts and civil society met today to discuss the work of crisis centres and shelters in remedying and preventing violence against women..
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine helps produce TV series on gender issues
Publishing date: 24 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KYIV, 24 May 2006- A series of TV programmes on equal opportunities, produced with the help of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, will air on the country's UT-1 channel beginning 27 May. The programmes...
OSCE Office in Baku organizes expert discussion of Azerbaijani gender equality law
Publishing date: 23 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
BAKU, 23 May 2006- Providing a platform for gender experts and representatives of civil society to present their comments and views on Azerbaijan's first gender law was the aim of a meeting held today by the OSCE Office in Baku...
Gender training course supported by OSCE ends in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 28 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Gender equality
TASHKENT, 28 April 2006- A five-day gender training course for participants from Uzbekistan's Ombudsman institution, the Women's Committee and other Uzbek women's organizations ended today in Tashkent...
OSCE Office in Yerevan co-organizes award ceremony to announce winners of essay contest
Publishing date: 13 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
YEREVAN, 14 April 2006- High School students who wrote essays on the problems women face in the Armenian society and women's roles in society and the family were in the limelight as the winners of the OSCE-supported Third Republican Student Essay...