The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) (Reg. no. 234) is a non-profit organisation which promotes and contributes to projects of social, political, and economic themes relating to gender with an emphasis on the Mediterranean region.
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In view of the International Women’s Day and the Cyprus EU Presidency, Dr. Christine Loudes, Director of the END FGM European Campaign, participated in a meeting of the Cyprus House Committee on Human Rights and Equal Opportunities between Women and Men on 5th March 2012. Committee members discussed with representatives of Amnesty International and the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) as well as representatives of the Ministry of Justice and the Asylum Service, ways in which Cyprus can support the pan-European effort to ombat Female Genital Mutilation.
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Christina Kaili, Project Coordinator at MIGS and member of the Gender Working Group of the Euromed Human Rights Network, participated in the European Women’s Lobby’s “Exchange Project for Women’s Organisations around the Mediterranean Region.” The four-day event took place in Brussels 20-23 March 2012.
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The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) has published its eight priorities for the Cypriot Presidency in the area of gender equality. On 01 July 2012, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) will pass from Denmark to Cyprus. The European Women’s Lobby calls on the forthcoming Cypriot Presidency to be a driving force for women’s rights in Europe especially in the current financial, economic and social crisis.
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