I was invited to join the Technical Committee on Youth, the first bicommunal committee of its kind in Cyprus. The members of the committee were selected by the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, and I was personally selected by His Excellency the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, in recognition of my peacebuilding efforts through my organisation, Fashion Heritage Network Cyprus, a bicommunal sustainable fashion organisation based in Nicosia. It is a...

Fashion Heritage Network Cyprus is a youth-led initiative founded four years ago through a collaboration with the Royal Commonwealth Society. It emerged at a time when sustainable fashion was barely part of public conversation on the island. Cyprus has a rich and distinctive fashion heritage, shaped by centuries of cultural exchange, craftsmanship, and necessity. Yet many traditional techniques were at risk of disappearing, practised by only a handful of artisans and largely absent from...

Tsemberi Fashion Project is the first fashion sustainability project in Cyprus, with a strong focus on Cypriot heritage. The project is...