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After the 17 February revolution in Libya, women in Libya have enjoyed a far greater exposure in public life and government. Thirty-three women have been elected to serve in Libya's General National Congress in the first free elections since the NATO-backed revolt deposed during which Muammar Gaddafi was killed. [25]
The VLW was founded in August 2011 in response to the February 17 Libyan revolution. [2] It was founded in Tripoli by Alaa Murabit, a young doctor and women's rights activist. [5] Murabit was in her last year of medical school and after the revolution, she felt that there was a "window of opportunity for women in Libya."
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Libyan This category exists only as a container for other categories of Libyan women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
The first women's organization was founded in Benghazi in 1955. When Muammar Khadaffi took power in 1969, all existing women's groups in Libya were united in one single state controlled women's organization. It was the only women's organisation allowed during the Gaddafi regime. It held its first national congress in 1970.
She has produced television programmes on women's rights in Libya. [4] She reported on the situation some Libyan women were facing, where their children were due to be deported, since Libyan law did not allow women to pass their citizenship to their children. [5] She was forced to flee Libya in 2014, due to her journalism. [4]
It includes women activists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Libyan women activists" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
In 2011, Langhi co-founded Libyan Women's Platform for Peace (LWPP), with 35 leading Libyan women, and she is the organisation's director. [5] [6] [7] She also coordinated the Libyan Women's Political Empowerment (LWPE) program, in conjunction with UNWomen and Karama.
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: By occupation: Libyan This category exists only as a container for other categories of Libyan women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.