If we are equal in the eyes of God, are we not equal in the eyes of men?
By Alaa Murabit. 22 July 2015: Speaking at a TED talk event on women, Alla Murabit gave her experience as a Muslim ...
Tag: rights
LWPP releases a ”Crisis Response Strategy” to achieve stabilisation in Libya at the 59th CSW session
Malta, 11 March 2015: Leading Libyan NGO, Libyan Women's Platform for Peace (LWPP), released what it called a ''Crises Response ...
International Women’s Day seen in contrasting terms by some Libyan activists
By Libya Herald journalist. Tunis, 8 March 2015: Today, to mark International Women’s Day, Libya Herald reached out to a ...
Gender and State Building in Libya: Towards a Politics of Inclusion
By Zahra’ Langhi. 12 February 2015: The Libyan Revolution marks a watershed moment in Libyan history and more specifically in ...
Tributes to slain human rights “icon” Salwa Bughagis pour in from Libyan activists
By Sami Zaptia. Salwa Bughaigis with US ambassador Deborah Jones taken in Tripoli in May (Photo: Sami Zaptia). Tripoli, 28 ...
Workshop on media’s role in an inclusive constitution
By Sami Zaptia. . . . Tripoli, 27 ...
Alexandria Declaration on Women’s rights in Islam
International Women's Day 2014 celebrated with a conference in Tripoli (Photo: Sami Zaptia). Tripoli, 11 March 2014: During the International ...
Opinion: International Women’s Day in Libya – A foreign perspective
By Adela Suliman. Today is International Women's Day which is being celebrated by numerous events in Tripoli co-organized by Libyan ...
Women’s “It will be our constitution” campaign launched with 50,000 SMS messages
By Sami Zaptia. German ambassador Christian Much launches the first of 50,000 SMSs messages for Libyan women's rights (Photo: Sami ...
Libyan women need to be empowered, promote peace and dialogue in Libya, UNSMIL recommends
By Houda Mzioudet, Tripoli, 14 November 2013: A roundtable was organised yesterday by United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) ...
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