Content_paragraphs:  Owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, UNFICYP shifted its implementation of the 
  
  women and peace and security agenda to online platforms and adjusted its work to 
  
  include initiatives touching upon the gender dimensions of the pandemic, including 
  
  the surge in gender-based violence across the island. The mission continued to engage 
  
  with women’s civil society organizations from the north and south to maintain 
  
  momentum for dialogue and trust-building, irrespective of the limited opportunities 
  
  for in-person contact, and held a series of intercommunal meetings focusing mainly 
  
  on the gender elements of the peace process.