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Chisinau hosts the international conference on fighting discrimination
Better mechanisms for protection against discrimination were the focus of the international conference that took place on 17-18 December in Chisinau, Moldova. The conference brought together the representatives of the Ombudspersons’ Offices, equality bodies, state authorities and key local NGOs...
Training on communication for staff of the Equality Council and the Ombudsperson Office
On 3 December in Chisinau, staff from the Council for Preventing and Eliminating Discrimination and Ensuring Equality and the Ombudsperson Office learnt how to analyse the institution's contact points, interactive approach to monitoring the general communication status of the institution and how...
Moldova: Judges, prosecutors, judicial staff trained on non-discrimination and equality
A set of training courses on non-discrimination and equality, held on 23-26 October in Chisinau, gathered a group of judges, prosecutors, clerks and judicial assistants. The courses were designed to equip participants with new abilities and skills for examining discrimination cases and better...
Moldovan Equality Council and Ombudsperson’s office visit the Council of Europe
On 30-31 October 2018, a study visit for the members and staff of the Council for prevention and elimination of discrimination and ensuring equality and staff of the Ombudspersons Office of the Republic of Moldova was held in Strasbourg. The main objective of the visit was to enhance knowledge...
Training on communication for Equality Council and the Ombudsperson Office staff
Staff from the Council for Preventing and Eliminating Discrimination and Ensuring Equality and the Ombudsperson Office learnt how to organise communication campaigns; audience research techniques and how to measure the impact of a campaign. They also learnt about media monitoring during the...
Moldova initiates raising awareness on the importance of non-discrimination
On March 2018, the Council for Prevention and Elimination Discrimination and Ensuring Equality of Moldova (the Equality Council) in collaboration with the joint European Union/Council of Europe project "Supporting national efforts for prevention and combating discrimination in Moldova", announces...
Judges, prosecutors and judicial staff of the Republic of Moldova trained on non-discrimination and equality
Two set of training courses on non-discrimination and equality, held on 28-30 March in Chisinau, gathered a mixed group of judges, prosecutors, clerks and judicial assistants. The courses were designed to equip participants with new abilities and skills for examining discrimination cases and...
Law 121 on Ensuring Equality: 5 years in force in the Republic of Moldova
The international conference to mark 5 years of the implementation of the Law on Ensuring Equality will be held in Chisinau on 1 March 2018. It is organised by the Council for Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination and Ensuring Equality from the Republic of Moldova (Equality Council), in...
How can women's political empowerment be supported in Armenia?
A round table entitled “Women’s voice and leadership in politics: Armenian perspective” was organised as part of the Partnership for Good Governance Programme co-funded by the European Union and Council of Europe, in cooperation with the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and civil...
New tool for training judges and prosecutors on gender equality and women’s access to justice
The Training Manual for Judges and Prosecutors on Ensuring Women's Access to Justice is a new and comprehensive tool for the training of legal professionals. Developed under the project “Improving Women’s Access to Justice in the Eastern Partnership Countries”, it has been elaborated in...
Country studies on women’s access to justice in the Eastern Partnership countries
The five Country Studies on Barriers, Remedies and Good Practices for Women’s Access to Justice in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine map the main gender-specific barriers women experience when accessing justice in the Eastern Partnership countries. The studies...
Presentation of the Romanian version of the Regional Gender Study “Women’s political representation in the Eastern Partnership Countries”
A balanced political representation of women and men is crucial for the political, economic and social wealth of each country. Though, stereotypical assumptions about the role of women, the legal framework and party policies are still in many countries factors which hinder women to take up a...
Public stakeholder meeting on Non-Discrimination and Equality
Stakeholders’ Meeting on supporting the setting-up of the Consultative Council to the Equality Council and Public Presentation of the National Communication Strategy for Prevention of Discrimination and Ensuring Equality took place on 16 of June in Chisinau. 75 participants representing more than...
Ensuring equality and non-discrimination in the Republic of Moldova
The National Communication Strategy for Prevention of Discrimination and Ensuring Equality was presented to the public at an event on 16 June in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. At the event there were also discussions about the creation of the Consultative Council to the Council of the Prevention...
Moldovan Equality Council and Ombudsperson’s office visit the Spanish Defensor del Pueblo
During 6-7 June 2017, a delegation of senior representatives of the Moldovan Council for Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination and Ensuring Equality, and the Ombudsperson Office of the Republic of Moldova paid a 2-day study visit to Defensor del Pueblo in Spain. The visit aimed at better...
The Justice Academy of Azerbaijan prepares the next generation of judges to incorporate a gender-sensitive approach in their work
For the first time, the entire corps of candidate judges of Azerbaijan took part in an intensive training seminar on “Ensuring Women’s Access to Justice”. Two groups, comprising a total of 126 candidate judges, took part in the training seminar on 1-3 May 2017 in Baku, in the framework of the...
Five-day workshop on non-discrimination best practices
More than 100 participants, gathered from all districts of the Republic of Moldova have been trained on how to combat discrimination in Moldova (27-31 March 2017). The workshop was divided into specific training courses covering five different target groups focused on European non-discrimination...
Five workshops on non-discrimination in Moldova
The Council of Europe, in co-operation with the Council for Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination and Ensuring Equality, will organise five training courses (27-31 March) for five different target groups on “European non-discrimination best practices to support national alignment with the...
Conference on enhancing women’s access to justice
Conference on Enhancing Women’s Access to Justice took place in Strasbourg on 9 February 2017. The conference was organised in the framework of the project on “Regional Dialogue on Judicial Reforms in the Eastern Partnership Countries” implemented within the Programmatic Cooperation Framework for...
Second Steering Committee meeting on combating discrimination in Moldova
On 2 December 2016, the Council of Europe and European Union joint project 'Supporting national efforts for prevention and combating discrimination in Moldova,' part of the Programmatic Co-operation Framework for Eastern Partnership Countries 2015-2017, organised its second Steering Committee...