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Cyprus scores high in World Bank Women’s Index

Cyprus scored 94.4 out of 100 in World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law index, ranking it 28 from 190 countries with equal pay, its weakest spot. The overall score for Cyprus

6th March 2023

Cyprus/Life & Society

Three women, popstar, familiar faces in new government

President Nikos Christodoulides has fallen short of his promises for a gender-balanced Cabinet and to fill ministerial posts with newcomers and technocrats. Despite the new president pledging to refresh the government with

28th February 2023

Cyprus

More women want to be entrepreneurs

A total of 187 applications submitted by women were approved for €10.6 mln in the government’s New Entrepreneurship Programme 2021-2027, said Commerce Minister Natasa Pilides. At an event to promote women in

2nd February 2023

Business

Cyprus long way from closing gender gap

Cyprus has 27% of women in management-level positions – one of the lowest rates in the EU and ranks 22 in the EU on the Gender Equality Index, House Speaker Annita Demetrious

21st November 2022

Cyprus

Syrian brothers plead guilty in double murder trial

Syrian brothers accused of the double murder of two Russian women they buried in a ditch last year pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors for lesser charges. Initially charged with premeditated

18th October 2022

Cyprus

Solidarity protest outside Iranian embassy

Dozens gathered outside the Iranian embassy in Nicosia to voice support and solidarity with the women of Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Carrying placards and signs with slogans in Persian,

26th September 2022

Cyprus/World

Cypriot women wrongly told abortion is illegal

Cypriot women seeking to terminate a pregnancy are being turned away by doctors, claiming that abortion is illegal, despite it being fully legalised in 2018 when the law was amended. Under Cyprus

12th July 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society

Hate crimes against women recognised in new law

Cyprus MPs passed a law that makes femicide a distinct crime punishable with life imprisonment as domestic violence is on the rise. Twenty femicides have been committed in Cyprus since 2019 following

8th July 2022

Cyprus

Most Cypriot women like to gamble

Nine in 10 women have played games of chance at least once in their life, according to a survey carried out by the Cyprus National Betting Authority. It plans to conduct a

6th July 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society

Domestic violence cases rise 33%

Cases of domestic violence in Cyprus sharply increased by around 33% in 2021 compared to 2020 and 106% compared to pre-coronavirus 2019, according to data provided by the Association for the Prevention

11th May 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society