The UNSMIL has condemned harassment of bank staff and female clients in Siyahiya, Tripoli, in a tweet on Tuesday.

UNSMIL Deputy Head for Political Affairs Stephanie Williams, emphasized the Mission’s commitment to ensuring the full participation of women in the National Conference.

Libyan women activists, bloggers and journalists are increasingly being silenced as they face gender-based violence in the form of physical assault, abductions and sexual violence, as well as smear campaigns, gender-related slurs and attempts at intimidation, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Libyan women took a very active role throughout the six-month long revolution of 2011: A role which has been well documented and much admired.

28 leading Libyan women discussed in a two-day consultative meeting, organized by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the impact of women’s participation in the political life in Libya.

The security authorities in the city of Sirte in Libya revealed for the first time the details of a gang rape of a woman that took place in her home in front of her husband.

The Thinni government in Beida has produced new marriage fees which social media sites are protesting discriminate against Libyan women.

Libyan authorities today released 28 Eritreans and seven Nigerians who were captured and enslaved by Daesh in Sirte and had been held in detention since the jihadist group lost the city in December.

A delegation of Libyan tribal leaders and women leaders has called on the UN to take a balanced approach to the Libyan peace process, Inter Press Service reported.

Human Rights Solidarity (HRS) has urged for ending the ongoing violations and abuse against women and for the immediate release of hundreds of women, whom it said are being tortured under arbitrary imprisonment in several Libyan prisons.