“The elimination of violence against women is an issue of high priority for the Republic of Cyprus,” said the President of the House of Representatives Annita Demetriou during an event held on Friday 18 February at the Embassy of Ireland in Nicosia.
Demetriou was speaking at the event organized by the Irish Embassy on the occasion of St Brigid’s Day, during which Irish diplomatic missions celebrate women`s creativity, leadership and talent in Ireland and around the world, and had as its central theme the prevention and response to gender-based violence.
Gender-based violence remains one of the most widespread and largely unpunished violations of human rights in the world, while awareness on violence against women and gender-based crimes have further increased over the last two years with the COVID pandemic, House President noted.
Source: Cyprus News Agency