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OSCE promotes combating violence against women in Ukraine as part of international campaign
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KYIV, 25 November 2013 – As the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is marked and the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence” international campaign gets underway today, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) gathered state officials, journalists, and civil society activists at an awareness-raising event in Kyiv...
Gender equality priorities defined at all-Ukrainian Gender Forum supported by the OSCE
Publishing date: 15 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
Some 150 experts from government, NGOs, and international organizations gathered in Kyiv today at the all-Ukrainian Gender Forum to discuss gender equality issues. The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU), UN Women and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
OSCE supports trip of Ukrainian experts to Norway to learn about ways of ensuring equal rights of men and women, combatting gender-based violence
Publishing date: 11 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
Representatives of Ukraine’s Interior and Social Policy Ministries and the Ukrainian Ombudsperson’s office visited Oslo from 4 to 8 November 2013 to learn about the experience of their Norwegian counterparts ensuring equality of men and women, and about the mechanisms for combating gender-based violence. The study trip was organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine opens art exhibition by domestic violence victims
Publishing date: 4 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KYIV, 4 September 2012 – Paintings by victims of domestic violence are on show at an exhibition that was opened in Kyiv today by Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine launches campaign to help stop gender-based violence
Publishing date: 1 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
An outdoor awareness-raising campaign to prevent gender-based violence started on 1 May 2012 with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator assists police in combating gender-based violence in Ukraine
Publishing date: 23 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
LVIV, Ukraine, 23 April 2012 – Law enforcement efforts in combating gender-based violence is the topic of a roundtable discussion jointly organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) and the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior that started today in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine opens interactive classroom for police cadets
Publishing date: 25 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KYIV, 25 November 2011 – A specially equipped classroom for training police cadets in dealing with domestic violence cases was opened today at the Kyiv Academy of Interior with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...