House expected to raise penalties for violence against women
Legislation expected to be voted through this week will considerably raise jail sentences and fines on persons found guilty of committing violence against women. The...
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FM slams Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul convention
The decision by Turkey to withdraw from the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention is alarming and deeply regrettable, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday....
Akel submits bill modernising definition of rape
The House legal affairs committee started discussion on Wednesday on a bill to modernise the definition of rape which has not been changed for the...
Gender-equality action plan approved by Council of Ministers
Justice Minister George Savvides said that the Council of Ministers has adopted a national action plan for equality between men and women, a five-year plan...
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...
Cyprus has high reporting rate but low convictions for rape
By Lizzy Ioannidou CYPRUS is among just six out of the 33 countries that have ratified the Council of Europe’s convention on preventing and combating...
Public can weigh in on harsher penalties for crimes involving violence against women
By Evie Andreou The public has until the end of the month an opportunity to express their opinion on a bill aiming at updating the...
Cyprus ratifies Istanbul Convention against domestic violence
Cyprus ratified on Friday the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention....
Government tables domestic violence bill
The government on Tuesday tabled to parliament a bill ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,...
House urged to ratify combating violence against women convention
Some 9,800 incidents of violence against women were recorded in Cyprus in the 2005-2015 period, according to a report submitted to the House human rights...
Thirty women killed in Cyprus by domestic violence in a decade
By Evie Andreou In the past decade 30 women have lost their lives in Cyprus due to domestic violence, permanent secretary of the justice ministry...
Government to sign domestic violence convention
PARLIAMENT on Monday welcomed a government decision to sign the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women. The move came as MPs at 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...