About the Network Women's Program
The Network Women’s Program works to promote the advancement of women’s human rights, gender equality, and empowerment as an integral part of the process of democratization. more

Roma Women's Initiative
The Network Women's Program supports efforts to build Romani women’s leadership and to increase Romani women’s access to Soros network resources and to international legislative bodies, funders, and activities related to Roma and women.  more

Violence Against Women
Through international trainings and campaign projects, the Network Women's Program supports the development of sustainable women's NGOs that respond to the multi-faceted problem of violence against women, one of the key social mechanisms for maintaining women's inequality.  more

Engendering Development Work with Grassroots Roma Communities
Budapest, Hungary
Apr. 18, 2004
An international training seminar in gender and development for young Roma men and women community activists, organized by the PAKIV European Roma Fund and OSI's Network Women's Program. more

Open Minds: Opportunities for Gender Equity in Education
January 30, 2004
A publication from OSI’s Education Support Program and Network Women's Program that presents a regional overview of gender equity in education as part of an effort to promote educational reform in Central and South Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. more

To Look At Life Through Women's Eyes
Women's oral histories from eight countries in the former Soviet Union. more