OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan launches series of training courses for regional representatives of Women’s Committee

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan is conducting a first in a series of new training courses for members of the Women`s Committee Central Apparatus and its regional representations. Thirty representatives of the Women’s Committee, from Tashkent city and the regions of Tashkent and Syrdarya are participating in the course from 2 to 4 July 2019 in Tashkent.

The course covers topics including improving advocacy and leadership skills; increasing the knowledge of international norms and standards in the field of the protection of women's rights and the protection of socially vulnerable groups of women.

The course was opened by Elmira Bositkhanova, Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and a Chairperson of Women’s Committee. “The OSCE commitments are fully in line with the priorities of Women’s Committees, including strengthening women’s managerial roles in increasing the role of women in society,” she said.

The Head of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, John MacGregor, stressed that the OSCE recognizes that equal rights of women and men are essential to foster peace, security, and sustainable development: “Many of the priorities of Uzbekistan’s 2017 – 2021 Action Strategy relate to this sphere. The OSCE recognizes the recent statements of the President of Uzbekistan on advancing women’s issues and congratulates Uzbekistan on recent steps, including the election of Tanzila Narbayeva as a Chairperson of the Senate.”

The course is a part of the OSCE extra-budgetary project Support to Women’s Committee of Uzbekistan, financially supported by the Governments of Finland and Norway. A longstanding commitment of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan is to assist the country in promoting women`s advancement in social, political and economic life within society.