The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies is a partner to a project coordinated by the Gender Studies, o.p.s., Czech Republic entitled Staying Safe Online: Gender and Safety on the Internet, and funded by the European Commission Daphne III Programme. Other partners to the project include the organization Feminoteka (Poland) and ProFem (Czech Republic) . The [...]
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The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies is a partner to a project coordinated by the City of Modena, Italy entitled LOGIN; Laboratories On Gender violence In New media, and funded by the European Commission Daphne III Programme. Other partners to the project include Centro Documentazione Donna (Italy); UNIFCEF (Italy); Cap Sciences Humaines (Belgium); Women’s Issues [...]
The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) congratulates the new President elect of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades. In these critical times facing our country, the main focus of our new government will be to address the serious challenges brought by the economic crisis and to work diligently toward the speedy recovery of [...]
An estimated 500,000 women and girls living in the European Union (EU) are affected by female genital mutilation (FGM), with a further 180,000 at-risk each year. Meeting the needs of these women and girls requires that the asylum, health and social support systems of EU member states offer appropriate and accessible high quality services. Are [...]
Nicosia, 29.01.2013 On the 14th February 2013 one billion women and men are expected to strike, dance and rise against violence against women. The global campaign One Billion Rising began as a call to action as one billion women in the world will suffer violence during her lifetime. On 14 February 2013, the 15th anniversary of the [...]
