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May 13, 2025
How Can Libyans Counter Disinformation to Strengthen Peace?

In April, Libyan youth, media authorities, and election and government officials met in Benghazi to tackle a rising threat to peace: false news around the country’s elections.

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
May 16, 2024
Rights At Risk: Safeguarding Libyan women’s rights in times of crisis

Libyan feminists were in uproar in June 2023 when the government decided to once again introduce a travel ban on women flying without a

 AI Jazeera English
December 12, 2023
‘Too terrified to leave the house’: Internet trolls in Libya target women

When parliamentary and presidential elections were announced in Libya for December 2021, prominent political activist Hanan al-Faidy, 46, immediately registered her

The Libya Update
December 8, 2023
Bathily emphasizes the importance of political participation for Libyan women

The UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, met with a delegation from the “High National Council for Libyan Women,” as part of the consultations he is conducting with a number of components of Libyan society, in addition to what he described as his quest to bridge the ga

November 7, 2023
Libyan activists, UN official discuss equitable political participation by cultural components

Deputy SRSG in Libya Raisedon Zenenga received yesterday a delegation from the Constitutional Equality Movement which included activists, women representatives, and representatives of the Amazigh

August 11, 2022
Violence against women in elections platform launched in Libya

On Sunday morning, the activities of the training program “Monitoring Violence against Women in Elections in Libya” were launched.

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Why does Libya's incoming government have only two female ministers?

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March 18, 2022

Why does Libya's incoming government have only two female ministers?

On 1 March, Libya's Tobruk-based Parliament voted in a new cabinet led by former Interior Minister, Fathi Bashaga, and its 29 ministers, six State Minist

On 1 March, Libya's Tobruk-based Parliament voted in a new cabinet led by former Interior Minister, Fathi Bashaga, and its 29 ministers, six State Minist