Women's Organizations for Peace Moving Beyond the Rhetoric of the Cy
“Since 2008 the international community has insisted that the negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem are a “Cypriot-led” process. Yet 20 years after UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the top-down, male-led methodologies of last century prevail. It is
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Women’s Organizations for Peace
Sophia Papastavrou
Women’s Organizations for Peace Moving Beyond the Rhetoric of the Cyprus Problem
Sophia Papastavrou Women, Peace and Security Network Canada Nicosia, Cyprus
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Preface
Herstory Yιαγια´ (Grandma) stands up from the kitchen table and, hitting her hand on the table, begins to explain parts of her life to me: Life with your grandfather was like being in a sea full of waves…we were followed by the British everywhere we went. One day a British officer came to the house, he and others broke down the front door of our house. They searched the house from top to bottom. They almost destroyed the house. In the end they found nothing and left. Your grandfather was taken away shortly afterwards and sent to Seychelles on March 9, 1956. He wrote letters to me and all our children each week. The letters he wrote to me would arrive already opened. The British government had cut out bits and pieces of the letters.
She sits down again and looks at me. It seems that the memories are hard to say out loud. Then she interrupts my thoughts: You know, I supported your grandfather through everything, and I knelt next to him during the war, praying to keep your dad and uncles safe. I raised all five children, during this difficult time, and through all of it your grandfather was full of love, grace and above all faith. Faith for our country, faith
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