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OSCE ANNUAL EVALUATION REPORT ON THE
GENDER EQUALITY ACTION PLAN
VIENNA, 16 September 2010 -- Over the last few years the OSCE has achieved
major progress in promoting equality between women and men, but more efforts
are needed, said the OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut to the
Permanent Council today.
Presenting the Annual Evaluation Report on the OSCE Gender Action Plan, de
Brichambaut said: "The OSCE participating States committed themselves to
equality between women and men and making it a part of all policies both at
their own State level, and within our Organization. The OSCE is on the right
track: for the first time in history, the share of women in higher management
positions has increased to one third, and 46 per cent of all professional posts
are occupied by women."
"This is still not enough. We all need to build on this trend, in
particular when it comes to the appointment of female Heads of Mission. We will
also continue to ensure that anything we do as an organization - be it in
military, political, environmental or economic fields - takes fully into
account gender issues and different impact policies and actions can have on
women and men."
De Brichambaut spoke about the collective accomplishments of the OSCE through
the field operations, Institutions, Secretariat and the participating States,
noting that a number of the participating States reformed legal and policy
frameworks to enhance participation of women in political and public life and
to prevent discrimination and violence against women. This year, twice as many
projects compared to last year have included a gender component; a gender perspective
is increasingly becoming an integral element of OSCE documents, policies and
programmes.
"The upcoming OSCE events this year, such as the OSCE Summit in December
and the Review Conference in Warsaw, Vienna and Astana in September-December,
will be an opportunity for the participating States to re-confirm and
strengthen their engagement to achieve gender equality." concluded de
Brichambaut.
OSCE Press release