2017 Update:
In April 2016, Austria, as Chairman of the OSCE, organized a high-level retreat on effective peace processes and the inclusion of women, and Austria was able to collect concrete recommendations on how to increase women’s meaningful participation in peace processes.
Commitment:
Austria is committed to gender-responsive journalism and the protection of female journalists.
2018 Update:
Austria has therefore pledged €1 million to support the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund.
In the context of fighting gender-based violence, Austria has scaled up its engagement against female genital mutilation and in 2018 has earmarked more than €1 million to help victims of such mutilation.
Austria supported Amnesty International in organizing a discussion on the theme “Defending Women — Defending Rights: Women Human Rights Defenders’ Perspectives and Challenges” on the margins of the informal European Union Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Vienna on 28 August.
Commitments:
Made a statement affirming support for the WPS Agenda, but no specific commitment made