#gender equality

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 Conference of Presidents of Parliament ...

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, Gender Equality Commissioner Iosifina Antoniou said ...

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 on Tuesday by acting president ...

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 compared with the 2016 parliamentary elections. ...

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 EU is due to publish ...

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 said on Monday, International Women’...

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, on the occasion of the ...

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 Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace ...

By UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: the Covid-19 crisis has a ...

Hundreds of women marched to the Presidential Place on Saturday demanding equality at home and work. The rally was organised by Akel affiliated, Women’s Movement Pogo and Peo trade ...

Cyprus to increase number of women in leading positions for peace and security as part of the country’s first national action plan for women. A plan to promote the ...

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 that women are more frequently victims ...