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UNFICYP hosts forum to discuss gender-based online violence and ways to address it

UNFICYP held a hybrid NGO Networking Forum at Ledra Palace Hotel to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, an annual global campaign from 25 November until 10 December that mobilizes efforts to end violence against women and girls.

08 Dec 2022

Young people in Cyprus join the 3rd edition of the UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace

More than 30 young people from across the island joined the UN’s environmental peacebuilding initiative in Cyprus called the “UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme”, now in its third year of bringing people together, nearly 100 young people

05 Dec 2022

Message of the UN Secretary-General for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation in the world.

25 Nov 2022

Apply now to become a UN Youth Champion for Environment & Peace

The UN in Cyprus and the British Council are pleased to offer for the third consecutive year the UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme that will focus on environmental

17 Oct 2022

First local conference of youth hosted inside the UN buffer zone in Cyprus

On 1st and 2nd of October, UNFICYP’s Civil Affairs hosted the first group of young Cypriots who wanted to join hands and contribute to the fight against the climate crisis and increase the island-wide debate on the

03 Oct 2022

Slovak peacekeepers mark International Day of Peace in Famagusta

On 21 September, Slovak peacekeepers assembled in Camp of General Stefanik in Famagusta to mark International Day of Peace.

22 Sep 2022

Cyprus youth in conversation with UNFICYP’s Chief of Civil Affairs Section, Fay Woolley

On Tuesday 19 July, Fay Woolley, UNFICYP’s Chief of the Civil Affairs Section joined the second edition of the event series “Youth in conversation with…” at the intercommunal room in Ledra Palace, in the buffer zone.

19 Jul 2022

Gizem Kavaz: “Peace must be cultivated; we need to work for it everyday”

Gizem Kavaz is a Cypriot activist committed to promoting peace in Cyprus. She acknowledges that the path to peace can be hard to progress when the political rhetoric across the island is so divisive.

04 Jul 2022

Eleni Antoniou: Women were, are and will always be needed to bring communities together

Eleni Antoniou is a mother of three boys, a writer, a blogger, and a podcaster. She is vocal on issues of feminism and violence against women and the challenges that mothers face including raising children.

04 Jul 2022

Business and Networking Fair inside UN buffer zone brings communities together

On 24 June, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus organized a Business and Networking Fair inside the UN buffer zone in Nicosia.

28 Jun 2022

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