NGO launches project to combat gender-based violence
In Cyprus, over one in three women and one in five children have experienced physical or sexual violence, placing the country above the EU average for gender-based violence. According to ...
Gender based violence high in Cyprus says commissioner
More than one third of women from Cyprus who took part in a European survey said they had experienced physical violence, sexual violence or the threat of it during their ...
Cyprus, Greece sign MoU on domestic and gender violence
Cooperation between Cyprus and Greece in preventing and combatting domestic and gender violence was levelled up on Tuesday with the signing of a memorandum of understanding.
The MoU was signed ...
831 complaints of violence against women so far in 2023 in north
There has been a total of 831 complaints of violence against women in the north so far this year, according to the Turkish Cypriot police’s Violence against Women Intervention branch.
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20 women murdered in Cyprus over the last four years (Updated)
Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides reported gaps and weakness in the state’s adoption of the Istanbul convention to combat gender based violence on Friday, as data showed that 20 women have ...
Proposal to make femicide a distinct criminal offence
House President Annita Demetriou on Wednesday presented a proposal to make femicide a distinct criminal offence punished by life imprisonment.
Demetriou said the proposal basically changes the description of the ...
Cyprus interested in operating pan-European hotline for gender violence victims
Cyprus has expressed intertest in operating a pan-European hotline for victims of gender-based violence, it was announced on Tuesday.
Toward that end, Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis signed a declaration of ...