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Women in the crossfire: OSCE organizes roundtable discussion on gender and security

Publishing date: 28 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Human rights, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 28 October 2009. The UK Chairmanship of the Forum for Security Co-operation, together with the OSCE Gender Section, organized a roundtable meeting today looking at the gender perspective in conflict resolution and disarmament strategies.

Government officials from 40 countries discuss data collection on hate crimes at OSCE meeting in Vienna

Publishing date: 28 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 28 October 2009- Ways of improving state responses in the fight against crimes motivated by racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance, including against Muslims and Christians, were being discussed at an OSCE meeting...

OSCE Office in Yerevan supports Armenian-Turkish friendship project with publication of booklet

Publishing date: 28 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
YEREVAN, 28 October 2009- The OSCE Office in Yerevan launched a booklet today featuring essays written by Armenian and Turkish young people and their messages to their countries' leaders as part of a project promoting tolerance and co-operation...

OSCE Office supports workshop on cross-border co-operation for Afghan and Tajik senior border officers

Publishing date: 23 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing, Tolerance and non-discrimination
DUSHANBE, 23 October 2009- A five-day OSCE workshop that fostered cross-border co-operation between Tajikistan's Border Troops and its neighbouring countries' Border Agencies concluded in Dushanbe today...

OSCE Centre co-organizes anti-trafficking training seminar for judges

Publishing date: 19 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ASTANA, 19 October 2009- A two-day OSCE-organized training seminar for judges on how to best handle human trafficking cases began today in Astana.

OSCE raises judges' capacity to respond to human trafficking in Ukraine

Publishing date: 15 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Education, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
KYIV, 15 October 2009- An OSCE-supported conference on the protection of the rights of trafficked persons and the prosecution of traffickers started in Kyiv today.

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...