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Sticky situation for TUI over ‘sexist’ badges given on Paphos-Bristol flight

Staff ReporterAugust 23, 2018September 15, 2019

By Staff ReporterAugust 23, 2018September 15, 2019043

By Christophe Hadjigeorgiou The TUI Airline has been condemned for providing children with ‘deeply sexist’ stickers on one of its Paphos-Bristol flights. According to the...

Britain

Ad executive admits sexist email ‘misses the mark’

Reuters News ServiceMarch 16, 2018March 16, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceMarch 16, 2018March 16, 2018026

An outgoing advertising executive ranked his female colleagues by attractiveness in an email sent to his entire office, in the latest episode of sexist behaviour...

Cyprus

Disy PR operator in hot water over Irini Charalambidou cleavage comment

Elias HazouOctober 26, 2017October 26, 2017

By Elias HazouOctober 26, 2017October 26, 201727 59

A PR operator for the ruling Disy party is facing the boot after posting on social media a snarky comment about Akel MP Irini Charalambidou....

Cyprus

Controversial Jumbo ad stays on air in Cyprus

Andria KadesApril 25, 2016

By Andria KadesApril 25, 20169 34

The Gender Equality Commissioner Iosifina Antoniou on Monday expressed disappointment that a controversial TV advertisement ran by Jumbo had not yet been taken off air...

Cyprus

AKEL lambasts ‘sexist DISY’

FORMER STAFFFebruary 22, 2016

By FORMER STAFFFebruary 22, 201611 33

Andros Kyprianou, leader of main opposition AKEL, sought on Sunday to whip up the female vote ahead of the coming legislative elections by branding archrivals...

Guest Columnist

Mockingbird prequel, depressingly timely

CM Guest ColumnistJuly 19, 2015November 2, 2016

By CM Guest ColumnistJuly 19, 2015November 2, 20162 34

By Chloe Angyal Harper Lee’s newly released Go Set A Watchman, which was written before To Kill A Mockingbird, but takes place after, is many things. It’s...

Cyprus

Can Tim Hunt say whatever he likes because he is a ‘good guy’?

CM Reader's ViewJuly 5, 2015November 2, 2016

By CM Reader's ViewJuly 5, 2015November 2, 201635 33

Editor’s choice: reader’s letter By David Guest In June, Nobel prize winning scientist Tim Hunt said: “Let me tell you about my trouble with girls....

Cyprus

Sexist slur a ‘wider phenomenon’, says ombudswoman

Evie AndreouJuly 3, 2015

By Evie AndreouJuly 3, 201552 29

By Evie Andreou THE recent sexist incidents against a female MP are not random or isolated but rather part of wider sexist and derogatory behaviour...

Opinion

Our View: Law breaking lawmaker has a nerve to take moral high ground

CM: Our ViewJuly 1, 2015November 3, 2016

By CM: Our ViewJuly 1, 2015November 3, 2016153 19

IT WAS shocking to hear of that DISY deputy Andreas Kyprianou had tried to take a photograph up the skirt of AKEL deputy Irini Charalambidou...

Cyprus

Female MP demands police investigate indecent assault complaint (updated)

George PsyllidesJune 30, 2015June 30, 2015

By George PsyllidesJune 30, 2015June 30, 201555 46

By George Psyllides AKEL MP Irini Charalambidou demanded on Tuesday that an indecent assault complaint filed against a colleague be investigated by police as House...

Cyprus

MPs trade insults on Facebook and complain to the police

Evie AndreouJune 29, 2015June 29, 2015

By Evie AndreouJune 29, 2015June 29, 201563 40

By Evie Andreou FOLLOWING last week’s fracas in parliament between AKEL MP Irene Charalambidou and DISY deputy Andreas Kyprianou when he reportedly tried to take...

Cyprus

Widowers may be eligible for second pension

FORMER STAFFNovember 5, 2013November 5, 2013

By FORMER STAFFNovember 5, 2013November 5, 2013137

By Poly Pantelides THE House Labour Committee is looking to rectify the inherent sexism in the state pension system that currently excludes widowers from receiving...