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OSCE assesses progress made in the implementation of commitments aimed at improving the fight against gender-based violence in BiH
Publishing date: 12 December 2023
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) hosted a meeting to assess progress made in the implementation of six overarching commitments established to combat gender-based violence (GBV) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
Engaging men in promotion of gender equality in focus of OSCE-organized conference
Publishing date: 6 December 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Gender equality
Identifying new ways to engage men in working towards gender equality was the focus of a conference organized by the OSCE WIN and CHANGE projects on 5 and 6 December in Warsaw.
OSCE training strengthens criminal justice responses to violence against women and girls in Serbia
Publishing date: 1 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
During the 16 Days of Activism campaign, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Serbian Justice and Interior Ministries delivered a training course helping police officers and prosecutors from several Serbian municipalities effectively respond to cases of violence against women and girls while maintaining a victim-centred approach.
OSCE promotes measures to prevent gender-based violence in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 1 December 2023
The last in a series of OSCE-supported three-day seminars on ethics and psychology of family relations, which focused on gender roles, gender relations and domestic violence, concluded on 1 December 2023. Whereas the first seminar took place in October and targeted youth representatives, the second
A Roundtable on Preventing the Involvement of minors in the online criminal activities is held in Tashkent
Publishing date: 26 November 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security, Human rights, Education, Gender equality, Youth
On November 24, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), together with the Ombudsperson for Children and the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan convened the round table on “Preventing the involvement of children and youth in criminal activities on Internet” in
OSCE joins 16 Days of Activism campaign, calls for immediate action to eliminate violence against women and girls
Publishing date: 25 November 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Gender equality
SKOPJE/VIENNA/WARSAW, 25 November 2023- Launching the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, OSCE leaders called on participating States to step up their efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls, end impunity and support survivors.
Prevention and fight against femicide in focus of OSCE-organized conference
Publishing date: 24 November 2023
On 24 November, OSCE participating States met in Vienna at an event hosted by the Secretary General to seek an end to the scourge of femicide and to develop a roadmap to end the killing of women, merely for being women.