The prevention of violence against women constitutes a standing policy priority for the government which has implemented significant actions and policies to tackle this complex problem, Minister of Labour Zeta Emilianidou said.
Addressing the annual general meeting of the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family, Emilianidou congratulated the association over its contribution to the significant work for the prevention and combating domestic violence.
In her address read out by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Emilianidou said a landmark in the government’s effort was the operation of Woman’s House, in the context of implementing the obligations stemming from the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, which Cyprus ratified in November 2017.
Source: Cyprus News Agency