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OSCE Trains Authorities on "Gender-Sensitive" Laws
December 12, 2016
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights recently hosted a "study visit" in Vienna for officials from Belarus on "institutionalizing gender analysis" in lawmaking and regulatory processes to ensure that national and local rules are appropriately "gender-sensitive."
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OSCE Promotes "Gender Mainstreaming" in Communications
December 09, 2016
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently held a workshop in Ukraine on how government officials must use "gender mainstreaming" in their communications to avoid terms that "devalue and silence women and other non-dominant groups" and instead become change agents for gender equality.
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WTO Panel Rules Against US Aerospace Tax Incentives
December 09, 2016
A panel of the World Trade Organization recently found, in a proceeding triggered by EU officials, that certain tax incentives offered by the US State of Washington to the aerospace industry violate global trade rules.
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World Bank Outlines Urban Climate Strategy
December 09, 2016
At the recent UN climate change summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Bank touted its broad focus in funding urban projects whose aim is to reduce the impacts of global warming, including by fostering "climate resilience" in cities and pushing local officials to make "climate-smart investments."
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World Bank Trains Slovakia on Climate Monitoring
December 09, 2016
The World Bank and the Slovakian government have signed a new "service agreement" through which the World Bank will provide training in economic and energy modeling to assist the country in meeting its goals for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as provided by the EU's 2030 energy and climate policy framework.
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