Vasiliki was a Masters student in Conflict Resolution at Portland State University (PSU) in Portland, OR, working with Dr. Harry Anastasiou. Vasiliki spent two months during the spring semester of 2004 at CNTI interviewing and studying the role of women and gender issues in relation to the peace/reconciliation process with a focus on the period of the referendum. She organized two bi-communal group discussions among women before and after she referendum. This research is videotaped and will become a short documentary, which will also be part of her thesis. Vassiliki is also doing a master in psychology. She returned in Cyprus in august in order to complete her research. At the same time she organized bi-communal seminar working on body symptoms in both communities.