After 10 years with the OSCE, from Prishtina and Skopje to @odihr.pl in Warsaw, it is time to say goodbye. Grateful for the colleagues, partners and friends who shaped this journey. From June: a new chapter in Berlin as Deputy Director of the @frauenrat.bsky.social ❤️

🙏 to the Emakunde - Basque Women’s Institute for preparing an translation of @odihr.pl Sarajevo Tool to Spanish & Basque language “Herramienta de Sarajevo para involucrar a los hombres políticos en el logro de la igualdad de género” 🔗 www.emakunde.euskadi.eus/informacion/...

What a privilege to be today in Vitoria-Gasteiz 🇪🇸, at the Men in Politics for Equality & establishment of Basque Network of Male Politicians for Equality. Invited by the Spanish Women’s Institute, @odihr.pl is grateful to contribute with our Sarajevo Tool.

📢 Check our #PAG21 issue on Gender & IR! In "Anti-Feminist Foreign Policy", @sjangevine.bsky.social addresses the relationship between abortion politics and American 🇺🇸 foreign policy, mapping and analyzing its anti-feminist dimension. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 buff.ly/MHw72Rw

@odihr.pl partners with the OSCE Mission & Parliament of Montenegro 🇲🇪 in organising our first-ever gender parity seminar, bringing politicians, experts and advocates together to discuss ways to achieve 50/50 in politics. Learn more here ⤵️ 🔗 www.skupstina.me/me/clanci/ro...

For my LinkedIn people that use Bosnian, Croatian, Montengrin, Serbian: Da li su jednakost i ravnopravnost sinonimi, i zašto nisu 😊 www.linkedin.com/pulse/jednak...

@odihr.pl Gender Parity Roadmap in available in English, Russian, Serbian and now also Montenegrin 🇲🇪 edition: odihr.osce.org/odihr/598225

@odihr.pl, OSCE Mission to Montenegro & Parliament of Montenegro 🇲🇪 are hosting a parliamentary seminar on 16 April to discuss barriers & solutions to achieve 50/50 parity in politics. Guests from 🇭🇷 ,🇷🇸 and 🇧🇦 will join the regional event. 🔗 odihr.osce.org/odihr/gender...

@odihr.pl updated website provides info on our 🔸support lines 🔸 22 guides&tools 🔸 parl. gender audit reports 🔸 online gender audit tool for pol. parties 🔸 Helsinki Pledges 🔸 current and past events 🔸 news items on achievements Have a look: 🔗 odihr.osce.org/odihr/gender...

Collien Fernandes ist kein Einzelfall. Darum ist es gut, dass das Bundesjustizministerium noch diese Woche einen Gesetzesentwurf in die Ressortabstimmung geben will, der Lücken bei der Strafbarkeit digitaler Gewalt schließen soll. #DigitaleGewalt #Deepfake #Gewaltschutz #CollienFernandes

The @ipuparliament.bsky.social has shaped significantly the global norm setting on gender-sensitive parliaments. @odihr.pl joined this global community. Among others, we do gender audits of parliaments. 📷 Read some of the audit reports I proudly authored: odihr.osce.org/odihr/662836

@odihr.pl partnering with OSCE in 🇲🇪 & Parliament of 🇲🇪 in organising our first parliamentary seminar on gender parity. Participants from 🇧🇦, 🇭🇷, 🇲🇪 and 🇷🇸, will take stock of current barriers and opportunities, and identify practical next steps. 🔗odihr.osce.org/event/662632

@odihr.pl was esteblished in 1991, 35 years ago. Since then, women's representation & gender-responsive governance is part of our core mandate. Here is a little reflection. www.linkedin.com/pulse/35-yea...

Volle Solidaritat mit allen von Gewalt Betroffenen. Ihr seid nicht allein. #Gewalt #DigitaleGewalt #Deepfake #KI

#GenPoLSEE is back from winter sleep 😴 with a great webinar ✨✨✨ Save the date and join using the Zoom link: 🔗 uni-lj-si.zoom.us/j/96703058240 The book is freely available in open access here: 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 recorded the highest increase globally among countries that held elections in 2025, with women’s representation rising by 12.9 percentage points 👏In Czechia 🇨🇿, women reached a historic high of 33.5% of MPs.

Den ganzen Leitartikel unserer DF-Geschäftsführerin Judith Rahner und viele weitere spannende Analysen zum Themenkomplex Antifeminismus gibt es in der aktuellen Ausgabe von @POLITIKUM „Kampfzone Antifeminismus“ ➡️ www.politikum.org

Gender parity is a standard for democracy governance. OSCE @odihr.pl & @euatun.bsky.social brought together PACE, CIM OAS & CPA at the margins of #CSW70 to discuss what regional orgas can do to advance 50/50 parity in politics. Introducer: @mlkrook.bsky.social 🙏 🔗 odihr.osce.org/news/odihr/6...

✨ Meet the Minds ✨ Saša Gavrić @sgavric.bsky.social is a part-time PhD student at the Heisenberg Chair of International Relations and Transnational Politics. In his dissertation project, he examines the relationship between ethnically consociational democracies and the representation of women.

Parity now! - the latest campaign of the European Women’s Lobby. Privileged to contribute to their side event on the margins of #CSW70, presenting @odihr.pl lessons and our Gender Parity Roadmap, discussing with women politicians and CSO leaders from all around Europe 🇪🇺 @petrabayr.bsky.social

For lasting peace and security, women must have a seat at the table and a say in decision-making. But too often they do not. ODIHR spoke at a CSW70 side event with partners from Poland and Ukraine on practical ways to strengthen women’s role in politics, peace and security.

Our first co-organised side event at the #CSW70 took place yesterday in New York! ✨🇺🇳 At Women at the table, I stressed: there is no meaningful Women, Peace and Security agenda without gender parity in politics. ⚖️ 🙏 Poland 🇵🇱 & Ukraine 🇺🇦 #CSW70 #WPS #GenderParity #ODIHR

New York, bring up the #CSW magic ✨ ✨ ✨ Rights. Justice. Action.

On this day 10 years ago, we launched the 50% campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦, demanding women and men be placed consecutively on candidate lists. For us, it was always about equality, fairness and democracy. 10 years later, the fight continues. #IWD #ParityDemocracy ✨

#CSW70 is around the corner 🇺🇳 @odihr.pl & Albanian Mission to the UN 🇦🇱 hosting an important discussion: How can gender equality laws deliver real change in equal participation and gender-responsive governance? If you’ll be in New York for CSW70 - join us!

🕊️⚖️@odihr.pl's core message is simple: peace and security decision-making cannot be credible without gender parity. Join Poland, Ukraine & ODIHR for a common side event. 🙏@katarzynakot.bsky.social 📩 For details: unwomen.org/en/csw/csw70... ✅ Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

👋 Heading to #CSW70 with #ODIHR! I’m happy to share that Tea JaliashviliTea, First Deputy Director, Yulia Netesova, Chief of Democratic Governance and Gender Unit, and I will be in New York as part of @odihr.pl delegation for the 70th session of the CSW. 🧵 1/10

Final preps for the next week’s OSCE HDC on 3 March, dedicated to gender equality & political participation. Grateful to the 🇦🇱 Mission for putting together such a fantastic panel. I have the privilege to join them and to present @odihr.pl work. @petrahrens.bsky.social @petrabayr.bsky.social

🚨Unterschreib auch du die Petition und mache Druck auf die EU-Kommission und EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen! HIER GRHTS ZUR PETITION ➡️ sign.myvoice-mychoice.org/forms/europe... #Schwangerschaftsabbruch #MyVoiceMyChoice #SafeAbortionNow

#CSW70 is around the corner 🇺🇳 & @odihr.pl is co-hosting another event, this one with the OSCE Secretariat 🗣️ Speakers: Reem Alsalem (UNSRVAW), Lara Scarpitta, Tea Jaliashvili, Natash Meli (🇲🇹@🇺🇳), Zeina Hilal (IPU), Yulia Netesova 🔗 Learn more: odihr.osce.org/event/662392

Echte Gleichstellung in allen Lebensbereichen ist keine Nebensache – sondern zentrale Voraussetzung für eine sozial gerechte Gesellschaft. 
#TagdersozialenGerechtigkeit

Violence against women in politics is not a side issue, but an attack on our democratic institutions. At @odihr.pl’s side event at the OSCE PA we discussed potential responses. 🗣️ @mlkrook.bsky.social @klaudiajachira.bsky.social, S. Shkrijelj, @hedyfry.bsky.social 🔗 odihr.osce.org/odihr/530272

Join @odihr.pl & OSCE PA for a discuss on how we can make gender parity a reality in national parliaments. 🔗 Learn more: odihr.osce.org/event/661176 🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Last year in June, @odihr.pl, OSCE PA & @eduskunta.fi hosted 16 parliaments, leading experts & organisations for a OSCE-wide workshop. In order to accelerate the gender-sensitive parliaments agenda, they endorsed the Helsinki Pledges. Learn more 🔗 buff.ly/XtEdtZs

Gender equality is integral to democratic resilience and to security. The Helsinki Pledges support national parliaments in strengthening democratic representation and accountability across the OSCE region. Find out more about the Pledges here 👉🏼 buff.ly/XtEdtZs

#CSW70 is around the corner 🇺🇳 @odihr.pl & Albanian Mission to the UN 🇦🇱 hosting an important discussion: How can gender equality laws deliver real change in equal participation and gender-responsive governance? If you’ll be in New York for CSW70 - join us!

It’s #CSW70 season 🇺🇳 ODIHR co-organises multiple side events—incl.: 📌 Regional organisations as accelerators of gender parity in national politics Co-org: @euatun.bsky.social + @odihr.pl | Partners: @africanunion.bsky.social, @OAS-CIM, @equalitypace.bsky.social, CPA

Wir trauern um Rita Süssmuth. Und wir versprechen: Wir bleiben ebenso mutig, kritisch und laut, wie Rita Süssmuth es Zeit ihres Lebens war. Ihr Engagement für Frauenrechte wird über ihren Tod hinweg wirken.

Join us on 26 February, 10.00-11.00 CET 🔗 Event page: odihr.osce.org/event/661996 ✅ Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🧰 Sarajevo Tool for download: odihr.osce.org/odihr/586014

Looking forward to moderating @odihr.pl side event at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Session. 🗣️ @mlkrook.bsky.social, Jachira Klaudia, Sanela Shkrijelj, @hedyfry.bsky.social Hosted by 🇬🇧 & 🇲🇰 delegations to the #OSCEPA 🔗 odihr.osce.org/event/661915

Do you work on advancing women’s political participation and gender parity in the post-Yugoslav space and you are fluent in Serbian? Imam nešto za vas. 📘✨ 🙏 OSCE Mission to Serbia for the support 👉odihr.osce.org/odihr/598225 #rodnaravnopravnost #paritet @odihr.pl

New in ODIHR’s Toolkit on Addressing Violence against Women in Politics: Tool 6 (31 Dec 2025) on women politicians’ experiences & coping strategies Toolkit: odihr.osce.org/odihr/530272

✨✨✨@Un_Women has announced the theme for the International Women’s Day: “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.” ✨✨✨ I like how clearly this can be read through the CEDAW equality lens. Here are 10 tips how to operationalise this theme in parliament 🧵 1/4

@odihr.pl proudly presents our latest publication, authored by @mlkrook.bsky.social Contact us if you want to work on this topic & hear more about disability quotas. 🔗 odihr.osce.org/odihr/661191

Data of the @ipuparliament.bsky.social is clear: 2025 did not bring any progress. See details in my short analysis on LinkedIn: 🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/sasaga...

Excited to welcome @mlkrook.bsky.social for an internal discussion on 21 Jan 2026 as part of @odihr.pl’s “Gender Matters!” online briefing series for OSCE staff. The series has been running since 2021, and this will be our 22nd briefing. Read the book, work on achieving gender parity. ⤵️

#GenPolSEE members Adriana Zaharijevic (University of Belgrade) & Roman Kuhar (University of Ljubljana) bring us a fantastic new open source book. 📕 Proud of this big milestone for our Gender and Politics Research Network in South-east Europe (GenPolSEE). 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Stagnation, but also gains: Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 switched in 2025 to 30 three-member districts (SNTV) with 1 mandate per district reserved for the under-represented sex, lifting women’s representation from 20.5% (2021) to 33.3% (2025). Conclusion: Electoral system design matters.

Merry Christmas 🎄 To all good people of the world!

Wie hängen Klimakrise und Konflikte um Ressourcen zusammen? 🌍 Am 08.01.2026 um 17:15 Uhr spricht Prof. Dr. Solveig Richter über Ressourcenkriege und Klimakrise in der Ringvorlesung zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung. 📍 Linnéstraße 5 – offen für alle, die sich für globale Zusammenhänge interessieren.