KYIV, 25 March 2015 – There is an urgent need to enhance the capacities of Ukraine to address the issue of gender-based violence adequately, said the OSCE Senior Gender Adviser, Ambassador Miroslava Beham, as she concluded a three-day assessment mission to the country. Accompanied by international expert Rosa Logar, the President of WAVE – Women Against Violence Europe, Beham met with government stakeholders and representatives of civil society and the international community in Kyiv. “Preventing and combating gender-based violence and violence against women is an indispensable prerequisite for personal safety and security and thus a major contribution to the …read more
Source: OSCE