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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Tree planting raises awareness about violence against women
A group of women, including high profile personalities, planted 37 trees at the Nicosia municipal pool on Saturday as a symbolic gesture ahead of the...
Home for abused women to be created, cabinet gives go-ahead
The creation of a Home for Women, a centre that will host a variety of professionals for the medical, legal, and psychological support of...
New bill ups penalties for violence against women
An updated bill on the prevention and combatting of violence against women presented by Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaos on Tuesday proposes much harder penalties than...
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...
Bulgaria’s ruling party shuns treaty opposing violence against women
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that the ruling GERB party is withdrawing a European treaty designed to combat violence against women from ratification in...
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...
Data shows the ugly picture of violence against women
DATA on domestic violence against women is disheartening, with 22 per cent of Cypriot women having experienced physical and or sexual violence, while 39 per...
One in five women have been victims of physical abuse
One in five women in Cyprus over the age of 15 have been the victims of physical or sexual violence at the hands of a...
Convention on violence against women may be ratified soon
By Poly Pantelides CYPRUS is finally considering signing the Council of Europe convention to prevent and combat violence against women, while the justice ministry is...
Helpline receives hundreds of calls from abused women and girls
IN THE first five months of 2013, a domestic violence support group responded to 685 calls concerning male violence against women and girls, including sexual...