Zenon33 wrote:miltiades wrote:You were born in Australia, have visited Cyprus on a few occasions, have never interacted at length with the Cyprus way of life and you clearly make statements out of your arse.
I have never encountered a situation where violence against women is evident in any form. The Cypriot women are liberated, they are modern women who would not tolerate any form of violence against them, coupled with the fact that the Cypriots in general have a high regard for their mothers, grandmothers unties cousins etc,
You know fuck about Cyprus just as you know fuck all about anything else. But you do of course know a great deal about the wonderful admirable way of life in the....ME.
Plonker of Arabia suits you down to your ...arse.
I couldn't agree with you more.
Could it be because women are not empowered as much in Cyprus to be able to report abuse?
I think so ...
Women are more empowered in other countries.
But there you have it folks. Zenon couldn't agree more with Miltiades. 2 ignorant dingbats at their best!
Laws prohibit rape and spousal rape in the Republic of Cyprus. There has been a sharp increase in the number of these crimes in the 2000s.[2] Although sexual harassment in the workplace is prohibited, it is a widespread problem, but only few cases are reported to the authorities.[2]
In 1996, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Concluding Observations noted that women were not represented in political life much, they were absent from higher levels of the government, the trafficking of women and their sexual exploitation was against human rights, there was sexual harassment in the workplace, and women were not paid equal money for work of equal value.[18]
The committee also said:
"The Committee exhorts the Government to extend full social security coverage to self-employed rural women and to abolish existing discrimination in this respect between married and unmarried women. The Committee urges the Government to implement special sensitization and training programmes in gender issues for all law enforcement officials and judges, particularly judges in family courts. The Committee strongly recommends that urgent special temporary measures be adopted, under article 4 of the Convention, with the aim of substantially increasing the presence of women in all areas of public and political life, as well as actively promoting their position in the senior management of the civil service and in the diplomatic service. The Committee urges the Government to explore the proposal of non-governmental organizations to establish an equal opportunities commission to deal with complaints by women and to serve in a mediatory capacity."[18]
In 2006, the same committee expressed their concern about discrimination against women migrants, including domestic helpers and agricultural workers, lower number of women which have the PhD degree when compared with men, and "the lack of a comprehensive and systematic approach to gender equality policies".[19]
A US Department of State report in 2010 stated that:
"On January 7, the ECHR ruled in Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia that Cyprus failed to protect 20-year-old Russian cabaret artist Oxana Rantseva from human trafficking and failed to conduct an effective investigation into the circumstances of her death in 2001."[2]
Prostitution is rife in Cyprus, and the island has been criticized for its role in the sex trade as one of the main routes of human trafficking from Eastern Europe.[28][29]
In May 2011, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights said that rejected asylum-seekers were kept for too long in detention and inconvenient conditions.[30] In May 2005, the KISA accused the police of violating the law and the human rights of asylum seekers by carrying out illegal arrests, detentions, and deportations.[8] Another non-governmental organization (NGO) reported in 2005 that the police deported long term residents, as long as 11 years.[8]
A large number of Romanian nationals were subjected to forced labor in the country in 2009.[31] In August 2009 the UNHCR complained through the media that a Kurdish child suffering from a terminal congenital condition was denied government funding to travel abroad for medical treatment because of his refugee status, in contravention of the country's refugee law, which provides refugees access to the same medical treatment as Cypriots and other EU citizens.[2] detention by occupying the water-tank tower of the prison in Nicosia and a hunger strike in Limassol.[32]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Republic of Cyprus is a constitutional republic and multi-party presidential
democracy. In February voters elected President Nicos Anastasiades in free and
fair elections. In 2011 voters elected 56 representatives to the 80-seat House of
Representatives (Vouli Antiprosopon) in free and fair elections. Authorities
maintained effective control over the security forces. Security forces reportedly
committed some human rights abuses.
The most significant problems during the year remained trafficking in persons for
sexual exploitation and labor, police abuse and degrading treatment of persons in
custody and asylum seekers, and violence against women including spousal abuse.
Other problems during the year included prison overcrowding, some religious
groups lacked full access to and administration of religious sites, some cemeteries
and places of worship were reportedly inaccessible and neglected, incidents of
violence against children, and instances of discrimination and violence against
members of minority ethnic and national groups.
The government investigated and prosecuted corruption and abuse cases against
officials, but cases typically moved at a slow pace.
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/220477.pdfI must apologize for the American Source once again. Must be another American conspiracy.
