News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports a gender sensitive Parliament
Publishing date: 5 October 2021
In partnership with the parliamentary Gender Equality Committee, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a capacity-building workshop on gender mainstreaming on 29 and 30 September 2021, to implement gender assessments in drafting and adopting legislation and policies...
OSCE trains psychologists from women resource centres in Tajikistan in providing psychological support to survivors of domestic violence
Publishing date: 4 October 2021
A five-day training course on “Activities of psychologists in domestic violence issues”, organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe concluded on 1 October 2021 in Dushanbe. Twenty-one female psychologists from women’s resource centres (WRCs) and Tajikistan’s Committee on Women and Family Affairs from the Sughd, Khatlon, Rasht Valley regions, and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan took part.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights’ Department for Gender Equality to implement gender responsive policies
Publishing date: 1 October 2021
On 1 October 2021, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro donated technical equipment to the Department for Gender Equality within the Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights. The equipment will help to enhance the Department’s capacity to produce quality reports and presentations on the implementation of gender responsive policies.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports prevention and combating domestic violence at local level
Publishing date: 30 September 2021
From 7 to 28 September 2021, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized in Bijelo Polje, Berane, Plav, Bar and Ulcinj a series of workshops focusing on multi-sectoral approaches supporting women who have experienced domestic violence...
OSCE supports training on traditional felt making for rural women in the Aral Sea region
Publishing date: 28 September 2021
On 25 September 2021, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan concluded a six-day training course on traditional felt making for rural women in the Aral Sea region of Kazakhstan, in Aralsk city, Kyzylorda province.
OSCE supported training course for lawyers providing legal assistance to survivors of domestic violence in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 September 2021
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe concluded a four-day training course for lawyers working in the field of domestic violence on 17 September 2021 in Dushanbe. Twenty-one lawyers from the OSCE-supported Women’s Resource Centres (WRCs) and local authorities from the Sughd, Khatlon, Rasht Valley regions, and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan attended.
First meeting of OSCE Multi-Agency Committee in Albania for combating gender-based violence in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 20 September 2021
On 13 September 2021, the OSCE convened the first meeting of the Multi-Agency Committee in Albania established as part of the OSCE project, Enhancing Criminal Justice Capacities for Combating Gender-based Violence — GBV — in South-Eastern Europe.