MIGS Press Releases
MIGS Press Release: ‘US State Department places Cyprus on sex-trafficking ‘watch list’ 29/06/2011
MIGS press release with regards to the placement of Cyprus in the “Tier 2 Watch List”, according to the annual report of the US State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
MIGS press release with regards to the World Refugee Day. MIGS calls for elimination of the current discriminatory and incoherent provision of protection across the EU and the lack of expertise on gender-related persecutions, which are putting individuals at risk.
MIGS Press Release: “Πού είναι οι γυναικες; Η επόμενη μέρα” 24/05/2011
MIGS press release in response to the results of the Cyprus parliamentary Elections of May 2011, in which six women were elected.
MIGS Press Release: “Εμπορία Προσώπων- Η Ε.Ε Υιοθετεί Αυστηροτερα Μέτρα” 22/03/2011
MIGS expresses its satisfaction concerning the European Union’s new strategy towards combating trafficking of human beings.
MIGS press release in repsonse to a Cyprus Police succesful operation against trafficking of human beings. MIGS calls for more drastic measures, such as the criminalisation of purchasing sexual services.
MIGS Press Release: “Απογοητευτική η Συμμετοχή των Γυναικών στις λίστες των υποψηφίων” 11/03/2011
MIGS press release in relation to the dissapointing number of women canditates for the Cyrpus parliamentary elections 2011.
Το κράτος γυρίζει τις πλάτες στις Οικιακές Εργαζόμενες 10/2/2011
MIGS press release regarding policies of zero tolerance for female migrant domestic workers in Cyrpus.
MIGS Press Release: “Η Σύγχρονη Δημοκρατία απαιτεί Ισότητα των Φύλων” 05/01/2011
MIGS press announcement with regards to the launch of the campaign “Where are the women? No Democracy without Gender Equality”.
MIGS Press Release “Women excluded from the Cyprus Educational Commission” 19/11/2010
MIGS press release in response to the absence of women in the Cyprus Educational Commission, emphasizing the under-representation of women in political life, and decision making bodies.
MIGS Press Release “STOP DEMAND- END PROSTITUTION!” 16/11/2010
MIGS Press release in response to sexist articles published in Politis Newspaper, stigmatising women in prostitution and possible trafficking victims.
MIGS Press Release on Sexual Violence in Cyprus 28/09/2010
MIGS press release in relation to the announcement the new EU Gender Equality Strategy and the increase of sexual violence against women cases in Cyprus.
Press statement by the Cyprus Women’s Lobby of which MIGS is an active member, in relation to the adaption of a strong Convention on Violence against Women.
ACCEPT Press Release on the immediate need for legal rights for homosexual couples 28/05/2010
Greek only: “Άμεση ανάγκη για νομική κατοχύρωση των σχέσεων των Ομόφυλων Ζευγαριών”
CWL Press Release on Abortion 17/05/2010
Press statement by Cyprus Women’s Lobby of which MIGS is an active member, in response to articles published in the Greek-Cypriot Newspaper Phileleftheros, in relation to abortion and women’s sexual and reproductive rights.
