EU urges Cyprus to adopt LGBTI+ action plan
It is a matter of concern that nearly half of young Cypriot teenage students disguise being LGBTI at school, the European commissioner for equality Helena...
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HIV/Aids clinic seriously understaffed, MPs told
People living with HIV/Aids have trouble accessing treatment, while the only specialised clinic in the island operates with just one doctor, MPs heard on Monday....
Migrants, those with disabilities and LGBTQI people ‘most vulnerable to discrimination’
Despite the Cyprus legal framework providing extensive protection from discrimination on the basis of a person’s race and ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation,...
Protest over gender discrimination in the army
Relatives of female army sergeants announced on Monday they are planning a demonstration to protest gender-based discrimination in the National Guard, a claim backed up...
Family accuses school head of discrimination over hair braids
The family of a teenage girl of African origin said on Monday they would file a written complaint to the education ministry over what they...
Progress but LGBTI discrimination remains ‘a tragic reality’
Despite gradual progress in protecting the rights of the LGBTI community, discrimination against them remains a tragic reality, ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides said in a...
Corruption, gender violence, discrimination the focus of US human rights report
Cyprus has been cited in the latest US State Department Human Rights Report for lapses on certain human rights issues including “serious acts of corruption”...
Women officers in national guard discriminated against rules Ombudswoman
Women officers in the national guard have suffered discrimination in the workplace because of their gender, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianidou Lottides has found as she urged...
Almost 90% convinced women more frequent victims of discrimination
The overwhelming majority of employees and all employers recognise that there is gender inequality in the workplace, while 86 per cent of employees are convinced...
Almost half of Cypriots would be okay with a president of a different religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation
AN EU study on discrimination in the bloc found that 46 per cent of Cypriots would be comfortable with a president who was of a...
