MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE OF GENDER STUDIES

UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA, CYPRUS

2000

Management and equipment. Structure

  • Director
  • Researcher & Project Coordinator
  • Research Associate
  • Communications Associate

Objectives

  • Promoting women’s rights and gender equality across Cyprus, the Mediterranean, and, following Cyprus’s accession in 2004, the European Union.
  • To promote and contribute to social, political and economic projects related to gender equality and women’s rights, with a focus on the Mediterranean region.
  • Using a multidisciplinary approach that is deeply informed by research, and spans education & training, awareness-raising, advocacy & lobbying and the provision of services.

Research and results

  • Integration of Female Migrant Domestic Workers: Strategies for Employment and Civic Participation (2006-2008).
  • Date Rape Cases Among Young Women and the Development of Good Practices for Support and Prevention (2006-2008).
  • REACT to Domestic Violence: Building a Support System for Victims of Domestic Violence (2009-2011).
  • Young Migrant Women in Secondary Education: Promoting Integration and Mutual Understanding through Dialogue and Exchange (2009-2011).
  • Flying Team Against Violence: Combating Honour Related Violence and Forced Marriages (2010-2012).
  • Youth4Youth: Empowering Young People in Preventing Gender-based Violence through Peer Education (2011-2013).
  • Increasing the Capacity of Domestic Workers of Different Origins to Respond to Sexual Violence through Community- based Interventions (Commun-AID) (2012-2014).
  • LOGIN: Laboratories on Gender Violence in New Media (2013-2014).
  • STIR: Safeguarding Teenage Intimate Relationships: Connecting Online and Offline Contexts and Risks (2013-2014).
  • Empowering Care: Empowering girls in Residential Care against Violence against Women (2013-2014).
  • European Campaign for Parity Democracy and Active European Citizenship: No Modern European Democracy without Gender Equality (2013-2014).
  • Combating Trafficking in Women for Labour Exploitation in Domestic Work (2013-2015).
  • END FGM (Female Genital Mutilation). Cooperation, synergies and structured dialogue among civil society and EU institutions to address female genital mutilation as a development issue (2013-2015).
  • Gender Equality Awareness Raising against Intimate Partner Violence II (GEAR against IPV II) (2014-2016).
  • Time to ACT: Strengthening Capacity for Gender Parity in Political Decision-making in Cyprus (2015-2017).
  • Breaking the Mould: Promoting Gender Equality in Cyprus (2016-2017).
  • Gender-related Challenges in European Education Systems (2016-2017).
  • WE GO! Women Economic-Independence & Growth Opportunity (2016-2018).
  • Disrupt Demand – Study Examining Campaign Strategies in Member States to Introduce Legislative Measures to Discourage Demand for Sex Trafficking (2016-2018).
  • GENDER-ED: Combatting Gender Stereotypes in Education and Career Guidance (2017-2019).
  • Free to Choose (FtC) (2017-2019).
  • Circle of Change: Preventing and combating violence against women and girls through gender equality awareness (2017-2019).
  • Ending Sexual Harassment and Violence in Third Level Education (ESHTE) (2017-2019).
  • Governance and the Local Integration of Migrants and Europe’s Refugees (GLIMER) (2017-2020).
  • Play it for Change (Pi4C) (2018-2019).
  • Risk Assessment by Police of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (2018-2019).
  • Improving Justice in Child Contact (IJCC) (2018-2020).
  • Dream Fighters – Combating Gender Stereotypes through Play (Play4!) (2020).
  • Play 4 Your Rights! Innovative Media Education Strategies against Sexism and Discrimination (Play4!) (2020-2023).
  • ARTEMIS-Support women who have experienced domestic violence (2020-2022).
  • FEM-UnitED to prevent IPV/DV Femicide in Europe (2020-2022).
  • BEE: Boosting gender Equality in education (2020-2022).
  • Coalesce – Legal, Psycho-social and economic empowerment for the integration of women third country nationals victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation and abuse (2020-2022).

Ongoing projects

  • Engaged in Equality – Challenging masculinities and engaging adolescent boys to end gender-based violence (2022-2024).
  • TRUST – towards replicable forms of support and tools in crisis situations (2022-2024).
  • OPEP DV: Online Professional Education for Physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals on Domestic Violence (2022-2025).
  • MARVOW 2.0: Coordinated Multi-agency Response to Violence against Older Women (2023-2026).