VIENNA, 19 February 2019 – The OSCE will publish the results of a large-scale survey on violence against women and girls living in South-Eastern and Eastern Europe, in Brussels on 6 March 2019.

The survey results are based on interviews with 15,179 women and girls. It is aimed at providing high-quality research and data to increase the understanding of women’s experience of violence in conflict and non-conflict situations. The report gives a unique insight into the prevalence and consequences of violence against women and into persistent harmful norms and attitudes in the region.

The survey covers seven OSCE participating States: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, Moldova and Ukraine. The research was also conducted in Kosovo.[1]

The report will be presented by OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, and the European Union External Action Service’s Principal Advisor on Gender and on the implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, Mara Marinaki.

Media will also have the opportunity to interview some NGO and governmental representatives from the regions covered by the research.

This project was supported by the European Commission, the United Nations Population Fund, UN Women and UNICEF, as well as by the governments of Germany, Norway, Sweden, the United States of America, Italy, Austria and Finland.

Media representatives are invited to cover the event from 10:00 a.m. onwards on 6 March 2019 in the Strasbourg and Luxembourg room, Copernico Science 14, 14b Rue de la Science, 1040 Brussels.

[1] All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text should be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244.