HUMAN DIMENSION MEETINGS  Vienna, 3 July 2018. Participants at the Women’s Power Breakfast, a side event as the SHDM on “Countering Violence against Women – Everyone’s Responsibility.” (OSCE/Micky Kroell) The four human dimension meetings in 2018 were attended by a total of 1,854 participants. Participants included representatives of participating States (official delegations), OSCE Partners for Co-operation, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), international organizations, OSCE institutions and executive structures, civil society and non-governmental organizations, as well as academics and media. One of the unique features of human dimension meetings is that civil society representatives take active part in these meetings, forming the largest group of participants. In 2018, there was a record number of 833 representatives of civil society attending, including large international nongovernmental organizations and small citizens groups and human rights activists and defenders alike. Their participation is : :  51 Vienna, 28 May 2018. Ambassador Alessandro Azzoni, Chairperson of the Permanent Council, addresses participants of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on “Child Trafficking – From Prevention to Protection”, while ODIHR Director Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir listens. (OSCE/Micky Kroell) important, as civil society plays a vital role in implementing and safeguarding human dimension commitments in the OSCE area, by reporting human rights violations and helping to translate human dimension commitments into practice in local communities. ODIHR’s human dimension meetings therefore provide unique opportunities for these individuals and organizations to have their voices heard by their own governments and the international community. Participants of human dimension meetings are encouraged to organize side events on relevant human dimension issues in order to facilitate informal discussions between different stakeholders. HDIM participants organized 97 side events during the two-week-long meeting while seven side events were organized during the three ­supplementary meetings. Women made up 50% of participants at 2018 Human Dimension meetings.