Human Dimension Seminar (HDS) will take place on 16-17 November 2021 on the topic of Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Girls.
The conference, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), will take place in Warsaw and online. Meeting agenda and further information about the event can be accessed at: https://www.osce.org/odihr/hds_2021.
Discussions at the Human Dimension Seminar will:
- assess the status of implementation of OSCE commitments on preventing and combatting violence against women.
- take stock of progress achieved so far, identify challenges and good practices, and make recommendations to OSCE executive structures and field operations, participating States and other relevant actors.
The Seminar will address the topic through the following Working Groups:
- Violence against women: recent trends;
- Violence against women in political and public life;
- Violence against women belonging to vulnerable groups, in particular migrants, refugees and displaced people, and people at risk of displacement
