MIGS PRESS RELEASE
Nicosia, 30.04.2013
The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) is gravely concerned with the failure of the Cyprus Government to transpose the European Directive on Trafficking in Human Beings in its national legislation by the deadline of 6 April 2013. EU member states, including Cyprus, had a period of two years following the adoption of the Directive in 2011 to enact legislations and measures to fight trafficking in human beings are developed and implemented in accordance with the Directive. Read more →
Within the framework of the Youth4Youth project aiming to prevent and combat gender-based violence among adolescents, a number of peer education training workshops were implemented in both public and private secondary education schools in Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, and Spain. The project developed and promoted the peer education methodology as a tool to empower young people to become actively involved in developing an environment free from violence for themselves as well as for their peers. The project was implemented using a gender equality and rights based approach. Read more →
MIGS is happy to make available the final country research reports based on the results of a survey undertaken in five EU member states within the framework of the project.
The project was funded under the Daphne III Programme of the European Commission, and coordinated by the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (Cyprus) in partnership with Casa Delle Donne per Non Subire Violenza (Italy), the Centre of Research in Theories and Practices that Overcome Inequalities-University of Barcelona (Spain), the European Anti-Violence Network (Greece) and Women’s Issues Information Centre (Lithuania). Read more →
MIGS is a partner to a project entitled ‘Empowering Care’, coordinated by SURT Women’s Foundation in Barcelona, Spain and funded by the Daphne III Programme, European Commission.
