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...
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Archbishop slams Turkey, same-sex cohabitation, and gender choice
Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Easter Sunday that those who crossed daily to the north for shopping and to travel through the illegal Ercan airport had...
Human rights group launches abuse awareness campaign
Over 16 days starting from December 16 until the end of the year, women globally will suffer the greatest incidences of abuse, according to Patricia...
Genderless clothes store breaks new ground in New York
Caitlin Helms was shopping with her mother in downtown New York when a sign in a store window stopped them in their tracks – “The...
How the Cyprus problem and gender inequality are linked
By Sophia Papastavrou Faustmann Gender practitioners, human rights defenders and those working in humanitarian and international affairs came together from over 100 countries earlier this...
Women in developed countries ‘more educated than men, earn less’
Women in developed countries are now more educated than men, yet they still earn less, are poorly represented in politics, and less likely to join...
News Podcast: Migrants, violence, gender issues in Cyprob negotiations
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local...
Anastasiades marks women’s day with bicommunal gathering
President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday night received Greek and Turkish Cypriot women at the Presidential Palace in an event to mark International Women’s Day, which...
Participation of women in public life remains at ‘disturbingly low level’
An important tool in the effort to strengthen women’s equality is the national action plan for equality for women and men under the island’s action...
Nine companies ‘get it right on gender’
By Staff Reporter Nine companies were on Tuesday awarded certificates for best practices and for gender equality in the workplace by the labour ministry. It...
Cyprus among EU states with biggest gender pay gap
Men in Cyprus earn 16.4 per cent more than women, ranking Cyprus among 10 EU member states with the largest gap in salaries between the...
More than 30 women murdered in Cyprus in past nine years
By Staff Reporter The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS), in condemning the murder of a mother and her nine-year-old daughter, and the attempted murder...