Cyprus still lagging in gender equality
Cyprus ranked fourth to last out of 27 EU countries as regards gender equality in power positions and economic decision making, and despite slight improvement...
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Glass ceiling is cracked, not broken, Demetriou says
Progress towards gender equality is not even and more needs to be done, the Council of Europe’s deputy Secretary General Bjorn Berge told a conference...
Parliaments must uphold gender equality, House president says
House president Annita Demetriou on Friday participated in a working breakfast on the role of women in leadership, held on the sidelines of the European...
Equal pay laws have failed to correct gender pay gap, commissioner says
A comprehensive approach is needed to close the gender pay gap, as women are paid 10.4 per cent less than men for the same job,...
Demetriou highlights need to eliminate state discrimination
The need for changes to legislation to eliminate linguistic sexism in official state documents and gender-based discrimination in the workplace was among the issues highlighted...
Just eight female MPs, a drop of three per cent (Updated)
Cyprus, already among the countries where women account for fewer than one in five members in parliaments, experienced a three per cent drop in representation...
Poland, Hungary push against “gender equality” at EU social summit
Lobbying by Poland and Hungary has led to the removal of the phrase “gender equality” from a draft declaration on advancing social cohesion that the...
Law to fully tackle gender violence expected soon (with video)
A legal framework to tackle gender violence in compliance with the Istanbul Convention is expected to be put in place soon, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis...
Promotion of gender equality a must
Article by Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides on progress made in the mainstreaming of the gender dimension in the foreign policy of the Republic of Cyprus,...
We need to talk about gender policy
International Women’s Day: how do we get to a genuine ‘gender-transformative’ approach? By Sophia Papastavrou and Fiona Mullen In the 21 years since UN Security...
