Gadhafi was toppled 6 years ago. When recalling that period I feel the smell of multiple cigarettes being inhaled at lightning speed and (prepaid) Nokia phones ringing constantly. Women and girls were constantly searching for Gaddafi-tanks who were being moved and hidden, printing leaflets and organising demonstrations. By the same token most women became DIY […]
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Women’s Groups Want Libya Activist’s Murder Investigated
Originally published by The Associated Press and printed in The New York Times, ABC News Online, and others. Click here to see the full article. 13 March 2015 – Women’s rights groups on Friday demanded an international investigation into the killing of a Libyan activist who had become a symbol of her country’s efforts to […]
Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace Releases a Crisis Response Strategy to Achieve Stabilization in Libya at the 59th Session of CSW
(13 March 2015) In light of the recent terrorist attacks in Libya and the deteriorating security situation, including the heinous beheading of 21 Coptic Egyptians and the bombing in Gubba, leaving 40 dead in Eastern Libya, urgent action is needed. As highlighted in the final report of the UN Panel of Experts established pursuant to […]
Groundbreaking National Seminar addresses issues on Security, National Dialogue, and a New Road Map
Parliamentarians, armed Revolutionaries, lawmakers and political activists gathered in Benghazi while Libyan political forces met in Tripoli to discuss the constitution and transition processes. Benghazi, LIBYA (December 19, 2013) – As key Libyan political forces met in a UNSIML-facilitated gathering in Tripoli, the Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace (LWPP), in partnership with Karama and the […]
Newly Adopted Electoral Law Poses a Dramatic Blow to Inclusivity in Post-Revolution Libya
July 22, 2013 – The General National Congress’s (GNC) recent passing of the electoral law for the Constitutional Assembly is a serious setback to progress in achieving an inclusive constitutional drafting process in Libya. Most significantly, the new law allocates only six seats for women, which forebodes they will be drastically underrepresented in the new […]