Feb 12 Sami Zaptia

Gender and State Building in Libya: Towards a Politics of Inclusion

By Zahra’ Langhi.12 February 2015:The Libyan Revolution marks a watershed moment in Libyan history and more specifically in the history of women’s par...

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Opinion: Reclaiming faith
Feb 10 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: Reclaiming faith

By Alaa Murabit.Alaa Murabit writes about her work to build religious literacy as a strategy for countering extremism. She identifies the pursuit of p...

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Founder of The Voice of Libyan Women selected for UN advisory group
Nov 6 Newsdesk2

Founder of The Voice of Libyan Women selected for UN advisory group

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 6 November 2014:Libyan activist Alaa Murabit recently added two new honours to her long list of accolades.Murabit was n...

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Libya's women leaders attend UN-sponsored workshop in Cairo
Nov 5 Newsdesk2

Libya's women leaders attend UN-sponsored workshop in Cairo

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 5 November 2014:Women members of Libya’s House of Representatives and of the Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA), to...

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Libyan women activists meet in Cairo to discuss the constitution
Oct 31 Newsdesk2

Libyan women activists meet in Cairo to discuss the constitution

By Libya Herald staff.Cairo, 31 October 2014:Libyan women activists gathered this week in Cairo at the Arab League headquarters to discuss the protect...

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Jun 28 Michel Cousins

Women push for rights to be enshrined in the constitution

By Naom Alkhosi.Tripoli, 28 June 2014:Women’s rights in Libya were the focus of a meeting earlier this week in Tripoli organised by women’s groups and...

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ELECTION 2014: A look at the numbers
Jun 23 Newsdesk1

ELECTION 2014: A look at the numbers

By Moutaz AliThis summer's elections will be the third time that Libyans vote nationally for an assembly since 2012 (Photo: HNEC).Tripoli, 23 June 201...

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Seminar on collaboration between Italy and Libya on women's rights
May 15 Lindsey Owens

Seminar on collaboration between Italy and Libya on women's rights

By Libya Herald staff.Photo: Sami ZaptiaTripoli, 15 May 2014:Minerva and Law International, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute hoste...

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Second annual women’s conference in Sebha
May 11 Lindsey Owens

Second annual women’s conference in Sebha

By Jamal Adel.Sabha, 11 May 2014:The second annual women’s conference, sponsored by the Women's Union in southern Libya, started yesterday in Sebha.“T...

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The Third Arab Women Engineers & Architects conference concludes
May 5 Sami Zaptia

The Third Arab Women Engineers & Architects conference concludes

By Naam AlkhosiTripoli, 5 May 2014:The Third Arab Women Engineers and Architects conference opened in Tripoli this took part in Tripoli from 3-4 May.T...

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