Austria-2015 Commitments

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

 

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