Women's Peace in Cyprus: Recommendations of the Gender Advisory Team (GAT) on the Peace Negotiations in Cyprus

Demetriou, Olga; Hadjipavlou, Maria; Bozkurt, Umut; Mertan, Biran; Atli, Mine; Taki, Yiouli; Zincir Celal, Rana; Zenon, Magda

Women's Peace in Cyprus: Recommendations of the Gender Advisory Team (GAT) on the Peace Negotiations in Cyprus

Demetriou, Olga; Hadjipavlou, Maria; Bozkurt, Umut; Mertan, Biran; Atli, Mine; Taki, Yiouli; Zincir Celal, Rana; Zenon, Magda

Authors

Professor Olga Demetriou olga.demetriou@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Maria Hadjipavlou

Umut Bozkurt

Biran Mertan

Mine Atli

Yiouli Taki

Rana Zincir Celal

Magda Zenon

Abstract

‘Neutrality’ or ‘objective terms’ in official documents, especially state documents, very often imply a male-centred approach which deprives women of the opportunity to voice their needs, views and perspectives on the content of such documents, be they a peace agreement or a new constitution. To remedy this, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security [UNSCR 1325 (2000)] calls upon member-states to include women’s perspectives and contributions to both the peace process and conflict resolution. Within this context, GAT has submitted the following recommendations, based on key principles of gender equality pertaining to four key areas discussed in the peace negotiations in Cyprus. These areas are governance and power-sharing, citizenship, property, and economy. The recommendations aim to ensure that women are effectively represented at the negotiation table and that the peace agreement which eventually emerges genuinely serves their interests.

Citation

Demetriou, O., Hadjipavlou, M., Bozkurt, U., Mertan, B., Atli, M., Taki, Y., …Zenon, M. (2012). Women's Peace in Cyprus: Recommendations of the Gender Advisory Team (GAT) on the Peace Negotiations in Cyprus. Peace Research Institute Oslo

Report Type	Project Report
Acceptance Date	Mar 1, 2012
Online Publication Date	Mar 1, 2012
Publication Date	2012
Deposit Date	Mar 10, 2023
Publicly Available Date	Mar 10, 2023
Series Title	PCC Policy Briefs 1/2012
Publisher URL	https://www.prio.org/publications/7264
Additional Information	Publisher: Peace Research Institute Oslo Type: monograph Subtype: project_report