Equality of Opportunity for Men and Women

"The United States continues to make women a cornerstone of our foreign policy. It's not just the right thing to do, it's the smart thing as well." U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking in a video message recorded for International Women's Day, March 3, 2011.

• HDIM Working Session 9 - Tolerance and non-discrimination, including: Equality of opportunity for women and men; Implementation of the OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality; Prevention of violence against women, Sept 28, 2012

• HDIM Working Session 7 - Roma/Sinti and, in particular, the empowerment of Roma women, Sept. 27, 2012
• HDIM Working Session 6 - Roma/Sinti and, in particular, the empowerment of Roma women, Sept. 27, 2012

• USOSCE Response to Magister Prammer, the President of Austria’s National Council, in Regards to International Women's Day, March 8, 2012 (PDF 83kB)
• U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Remarks at the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony, March 8, 2012

• Remarks from Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, on International Women's Day, March 6, 2012
• Statement by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, Feb. 6, 2012
• U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Remarks on Women in International Security at the Women's Breakfast in Munich, Feb. 5, 2012

• USOSCE Response to the Report by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s Special Representative on Gender Issues Wendy Patten, Dec.1, 2011 (PDF 106kB)
• Equality of opportunity for women and men; Implementation of the OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality; Prevention of violence against women - U.S. Statement at the 2011 OSCE HDIM, Oct. 6, 2011 (PDF 41kB)

• Joint Declaration issued at the conclusion of the United Nations Women event on Women’s Political Participation, Sept. 19, 2011

• USOSCE Response to the OSCE Secretary General’s Report on the Implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality, Sept. 15, 2011 (PDF 155kB)
• Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Remarks at Women Enhancing Democracy Event in Lithuania, June 30, 2011
• USOSCE Statement on International Women’s Day, Mar. 10, 2011 (PDF 89kB)