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OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organizes seminar to promote gender-sensitive legislation

Publishing date: 12 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ASHGABAT, 12 October 2009- Participants at an OSCE seminar that took place in Ashgabat today discussed the importance of laws that promote and protect gender equality...

Ukrainian NGO from Crimea to receive Van der Stoel prize 2009

Publishing date: 12 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
THE HAGUE, 12 October 2009- An international jury led by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, will award the fourth Van der Stoel Prize to the Integration and Development Centre for Information and Research from Crimea...

OSCE Centre holds training course on psychological and social counselling for Kyrgyz Prison Service staff

Publishing date: 12 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Education
BISHKEK, 12 October 2009- A training course supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek for 25 social workers and psychological counsellors in Kyrgyz penitentiary establishments started today...

OSCE Mission, police launch campaign against begging by children in Kosovo

Publishing date: 9 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Policing
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 9 October 2009- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the police launched a campaign today to inform people about children's rights and reduce begging by children...

OSCE Centre in Bishkek, civil society discuss OSCE police reform programme in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 6 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 6 October, 2009- Representatives of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, civil society and the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry met today to discuss the Centre's police reform programme...

OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues takes part in opening of Women's Resource Centres in southern Armenia

Publishing date: 2 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Gender equality
KAPAN, Armenia, 2 October 2009- The OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Jamila Seftaoui helped open OSCE-supported Women's Resource Centres in southern Armenia today that aim to support women's active participation in the region's social...

OSCE/ODIHR launches book on human rights education for schools

Publishing date: 2 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Education, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 2 October 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and several partner organizations launched a resource book today on human rights education for primary and secondary schools...