Migrant women workers in Cyprus: a literature review

Aliefendioğlu, Hanife

doi:10.1504/ijbg.2012.047083

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“…A number of proposals for including women in the negotiations have also raised the issue of equitable representation, calling for example for all teams related to the negotiations (including technical committees, working groups, advisers, consultants, etc) to be gender balanced a minimum ratio of 1/3, and to include gender focal points to ensure that all measures, policies, and suggestions take account of gender implications. Yet other proposals have centred on the need to take account of women's needs across the island who are marginalised and not at the centre of attention by peacebuilding efforts; these include minority women, women who are migrants, women who live away from urban centres, women in poverty, young women, women with disabilities, and women subject to multiple forms of discrimination (Aliefendioglu, 2012). Various initiatives have sought to record the views of such groups, focusing primarily on geographical distinctions thus far -e.g.…”

Section: Women's Inclusion In the Peace Process And The Negotiationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women and Peace Negotiations in Cyprus

Demetriou

Hadjipavlou

2020

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies

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The integration of a gender agenda in the peace negotiations in Cyprus has been elusive over the five decades. However, it is only since the late 2000s that civil society and international observers have problematized this lack and attempted to address it through various initiatives. These have included local and international efforts to mobilize Cypriot women across the divide around an agenda based on UN Security Council Resolution 1325(2000 on Women, Peace and Security, which led to the formation of the Gender Advisory Team in 2009. They have also included research efforts by local and international organizations and think tanks to document the extent to women's inclusion in the peace process on the island. These efforts eventually led to the setup of the Technical Committee on Gender Equality which is attached to the peace negotiations since 2015, but the impact of which has remained marginal. One of the key problems frustrating the integration of a gender agenda in the peace negotiations remains the fact that despite great advances in both societies north and south of the dividing line in many areas of gender equality, the hard politics relating to the Cyprus conflict and its resolution remain contentious and politically perilous to oppose, while also being discursively disconnected from perceptions of 'gender' and feminist concerns. SynonymsCyprus UNSCR 1325, Cypriot women in peacebuilding, feminist agenda in the Cypriot peace negotiations, gender and peacebuilding in Cyprus, gender in the negotiations in Cyprus

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Section: Women's Inclusion In the Peace Process And The Negotiationsmentioning

confidence: 99%