Commissioner for Gender Equality issues guide to overcome linguistic sexism in Cyprus’ public administration

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The Office of the Commissioner for Gender Equality has issued a guide for overcoming linguistic sexism, in the language used in documents in Cyprus’ Public Administration. According to a relevant press release, research has revealed that the vast majority of Cypriot Public Administration documents are worded in a way that reproduce linguistically the position of women in an unequal manner and consequently reproduce anachronistic stereotypes, on which the asymmetric relationship between women and men is based. The guide was prepared by the …

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