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Likewise, NGOs have emerged that are fighting for the rights of women by improving their education and training. Libyan Women ORG is providing free trainings to all Libyan women who wish to enroll in the training courses. A new platform that aims to claim the role of women in Libya and participate with women in the reconstruction of the Libyan ...
As in many modern revolutions, women played a major role in the 2011 Libyan Revolution. After the revolution, concerns were raised by human rights groups about attempts to sideline women in Libya's political and economic environments as well as a lack of strong protections for women's rights in the new constitution. [59]
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." [4] By November, the group had organized the first-ever International Women's Conference in Libya. [6]
Jamila, a Sudanese woman in her mid-40s, also believed reports within the Sudanese community that a better life awaited them in Libya. She fled previous unrest in Sudan's western region of Darfur ...
The new committee of Libyan experts will look for ways to overcome outstanding issues in electoral laws, the U.N. mission's (UNSMIL) acting head, Stephanie Koury, said in a video statement.
Articles 1–6 state general provisions regarding Libya as a state. Articles 7–15 specify civil rights and public freedoms. Articles 17–29 specify the operation of the interim government. Articles 30–32 guarantee an independent judiciary. Articles 33–37 are "conclusive provisions". The Constituent Assembly of Libya was elected in 2014. [2]
Three key Libyan leaders said on Sunday they had agreed on the "necessity" of forming a new unified government that would supervise long-delayed elections. A political process to resolve more than ...
On 3 August 2011, the NTC issued a Constitutional Declaration which declared the statehood of Libya as a democracy with Islam as its state religion, in which the state guarantees the rule of law and an independent judiciary as well as civic and human basic rights (including freedom of religion and women's rights), and which contains provisions ...