Sep 29 George Grant

Libya’s inclusion of women’s empowerment in address to the 67th UN General Assembly

Tripoli, 29 September:Of the 23 countries which addressed the UN General Assembly’s 13th plenary meeting on the afternoon of 27 September 2012, six ma...

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Sep 18 Michel Cousins

The Article "Women in Libyan Public Life" by Amena Raghei

Dear Editor,Thank you for reprinting this article. The situation Amena Raghei describes exactly mirrors what happened in Germany about sixty years ago...

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Women in Libyan Public Life: A Seismic Shift
Sep 16 Michel Cousins

Women in Libyan Public Life: A Seismic Shift

By Amena Raghei.During the Qaddafi regime, women’s participation in Libyan public life was perceived as little more than a tool in Qaddafi’s arsenal o...

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A Crippling Silence
Aug 22 Sami Zaptia

A Crippling Silence

By Niz Ben-Essa.Tripoli, 22 August.Over the last few weeks, issues and discussions regarding women in Libya have come to the surface. People have been...

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Jun 30 Sami Zaptia

Why women? Why now? Engaging and Promoting Libyan Women

If someone asks you ,”Why women? Why now?” Women4Libya urges you to say: “WHY NOT!” Because that is what we, women and men, fought for…Libya, honour...

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UN envoy praises women’s electoral role
Jun 27 Nigel Ash

UN envoy praises women’s electoral role

Tripoli, 27 JuneThe major part that women are playing in the electoral process has been praised by the UN’s top man in Libya. Ian Martin, Head of the...

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Great and the good gather to celebrate Libyan women
Jun 25 George Grant

Great and the good gather to celebrate Libyan women

By Umar Khan.Tripoli, 25 June:More than 350 female candidates for the National Conference elections gathered in Tripoli this afternoon for an event to...

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Jun 22 Nigel Ash

National campaign to support women candidates

Tripoli, 22 June:In the lead-up to the forthcoming National Assembly elections on 7 July, female candidates will have the support of a national campai...

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May 17 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace Kicks off Strategic Communications Training in Tripoli, Misrata and Benghazi

Tripoli, 17 May:The Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace is kicking off a series of local training and networking sessions in three Libyan cities to stre...

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May 16 Sami Zaptia

Women’s political empowerment event

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 16 May:A two day seminar and workshop started at the Waddan hotel yesterday, 15 May, entitled ‘Preparing for the First Electio...

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