Voice of Libyan Women (VLW) announces speakers for its second annual "One Voice" Conference
Jan 12 Sami Zaptia

Voice of Libyan Women (VLW) announces speakers for its second annual "One Voice" Conference

Tripoli, January 12: The Voice of Libyan Women announced speakers for its second annual One Voice Conference, which will be held in Tripoli, Januar...

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Jan 7 Sami Zaptia

NGO Voice of Libyan Women holds women's political debates in Zawia

Tripoli, 7 January:Yesterday was the first of a new bi-weekly discussion forum called “marbo3a seeyasia” (Political Sittings, gatherings or salons) th...

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Dec 17 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: Women’s rights in Libya – a positive viewpoint.

By Alaa Murabit.Zawia, 17 December 2012:Due to recent media attention painting a negative picture on certain incidents related to women's rights issue...

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Dec 13 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: Women in Libya are in a state of denial regarding women’s rights in Libya

By Magdulien Abaida.13 December 2012: The first thing women’s rights activists in Libya mention about women’s rights in Libya now, is that having 33...

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Don't just focus on the negatives, Libyan female activist tells BBC interviewer
Dec 9 thomwestcott

Don't just focus on the negatives, Libyan female activist tells BBC interviewer

By Tom Westcott. Alaa Murabit, founder and chairwoman of the Voice of Libyan Women, who told BBC Woman's Hour interviewer that women in Libya are maki...

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Dec 1 Sami Zaptia

Workshop on women's decision-making starts today in Tripoli

Tripoli, 1 December:A three-day workshop on women's advocacy/decision-making entitled "Engaging Policymakers in Ensuring Women's Inclusion in Decision...

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Oct 22 Michel Cousins

Libyan women in Rome to look at women's rights

Rome, 22 October:  A group of seven Libyan women are in the Italian capital for a week of training alongside Italian women on equal opportunities and...

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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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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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Opinion: Handover ceremony - Mustafa Abdul Jalil controversial to the end
Aug 11 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: Handover ceremony - Mustafa Abdul Jalil controversial to the end

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 11 August: Islam, democracy, personal freedoms, secularism and the new LibyaThe handover ceremony between Libya’s unelected an...

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