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UNFPA provides support for women and girls in Libya

Jul 06, 2021

UNFPA through its partner Al Bayan has inaugurated its 4th Women and Girls Safe Space (WGSS) Center in an opening ceremony held here in Gurgi, Tripoli. The opening ceremony was attended by many migrant women and girls, UNFPA staff,…

Women call on the GNU to fulfil their Geneva promises of more female representation

Mar 29, 2021

The Libyan Network to Support and Empower Women has called on the government of national unity to fulfil their promise of assigning 30% of ministerial roles to women.The organization also protested that the audit committee set up by the…

Amnesty International: Libyan women human rights defenders remain under attack

Jul 18, 2018

Libyan women activists, bloggers and journalists are increasingly being silenced as they face gender-based violence in the form of physical assault, abductions and sexual violence, as well as smear campaigns, gender-related slurs and…

Libyan women call for more involvement in politics

Dec 13, 2017

28 leading Libyan women discussed in a two-day consultative meeting, organized by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the impact of women's participation in the…

Saudi Arabia lifts driving ban on women

Sep 27, 2017

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of activists.The Gulf kingdom is the only country in the world that bans women from driving.Until now, only men were allowed…