VIENNA, 23 October 2020 – The third OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference on assessing progress achieved in the implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality will take place online on 27 and 28 October 2020, with the participation of Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Albania’s Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu.

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MEDIA ADVISORY

OSCE organizes third Gender Equality Review Conference on 27 and 28 October

The aim of the Conference is to promote a more systematic implementation of OSCE gender equality commitments by the OSCE’s participating States and the Organization’s Executive Structures across the three dimensions through targeted activities in priority areas. The previous Conference took place three years ago.

The focus will be on areas such as women’s participation in political and public life, their participation in the security sector and women´s economic empowerment.

The event will provide a space to discuss emerging issues that have an impact on the promotion and realization of gender equality in the OSCE region, such as digitalization and increase in cyber violence against women and girls.

The conference opens at 13:00 hrs on Tuesday, 27 October with addresses by the high-level speakers:

Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland

Ogerta Manastirliu, Minister of Health and Social Protection of Albania

Kelley Currie, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues at the United States’ Department of State

Asa Regner, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director UN Women

Tuula Yrjölä, Officer-in-Charge/Secretary General, Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre

Katarzyna Gardapkhadze, First Deputy Director/Director’s Alternate of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.

Representatives of OSCE participating States, Partners for Co-operation, executive structures, civil society, academia and the private sector will attend.

Media representatives can follow the opening of the conference from 13:00 to 14:00 via livestream https://www.osce.org/live

More information about the event can be found here

For PDF attachments or links to sources of further information, please visit: https://www.osce.org/chairmanship/468123

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