On an island where women’s rights are rarely aired publicly, one woman’s fight for justice has stirred an underbelly of grievances so raw few can tell where they will lead. Photograph: Petros Karadjias/APThe women’s rights battle in Cyprus, like the former crown colony’s often turbulent history, has rarely moved in straight lines. If they existed at all, say activists, women’s rights groups were linked to political parties and trades unions, and moulded by the rhetoric of those leaders. The Cypriot state was laid bare.”Network members include representatives of the large number of foreign women doing domestic work in the Greek-run south. So often when women go to report a rape, they’re told, ‘don’t do it, you’ll be wasting your time’.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2020 17:25 UTC