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Professor Olga Demetriou's Outputs (33)

Women's Peace in Cyprus: Recommendations of the Gender Advisory Team (GAT) on the Peace Negotiations in Cyprus (2012)
Report
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

​‘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 t... Read More about Women's Peace in Cyprus: Recommendations of the Gender Advisory Team (GAT) on the Peace Negotiations in Cyprus.

Women's Peace in Cyprus: Recommendations of the Gender Advisory Team (GAT)on Implementing UNSCR 1325 Provisions on Women, Peace and Security (2012)
Report
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 Implementing UNSCR 1325 Provisions on Women, Peace and Security. Peace Research Institute Oslo

Throughout history, women have fallen victims to militarization, nationalism and anachronistic patriarchal traditions. Since 1974, in the context of the Cyprus conflict, leaders of the two major ethnic communities on the island have discussed a varie... Read More about Women's Peace in Cyprus: Recommendations of the Gender Advisory Team (GAT)on Implementing UNSCR 1325 Provisions on Women, Peace and Security.

The Militarization of Opulence (2012)
Journal Article
Demetriou, O. (2012). The Militarization of Opulence. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 14(1), 56-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2011.631286

This article investigates the processes through which a site, thought to encapsulate the history of the Cyprus conflict, has been militarized in multiple ways. Defined as a site of negotiation since its opening, Ledra Palace Hotel has instead been a... Read More about The Militarization of Opulence.

Becoming Good Neighbours in Cyprus (2011)
Book Chapter
Demetriou, O., Mavris, J. C., & Christou, G. (2011). Becoming Good Neighbours in Cyprus. In H. Armbruster, & U. Meinhof (Eds.), Negotiating Multicultural Europe: Borders, Networks, Neighbourhoods (25-44). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230346475_2

‘Neighbourhood’ is a concept that combines a range of ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ points of view. It implies a space of multiple inside/ outside boundaries, e.g. domestic, public, in- and out-groups, locality and state. At the same time, these boundar... Read More about Becoming Good Neighbours in Cyprus.