The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) yesterday warned of the “immediate danger” to the safety and wellbeing of at least 1,000 women and children detained in refugee detention centres in Libya.

To strengthen the capacity of the local governance structures in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) issues in Libya, UNFPA and UN Women, along with local partners, have scaled up activities to build the capacity of municipalities and enhance the resilience of local communities by providing services to GBV survivors and those …

Society: Women in Libya are breaking boundaries in their working lives as well as in the realm of education and social life. Many are wondering if these changes are here to stay, or whether they are a transient after-effect of the war.

Liberian women participated in the Libyan Women’s Union’s Preparatory Committee for the General Elections as a constructive gesture to reflect national entitlement.

UNFPA through its partner Al Bayan has inaugurated its 4th Women and Girls Safe Space (WGSS) Center in an opening ceremony held here in Gurgi, Tripoli. The opening ceremony was attended by many migrant women and girls, UNFPA staff, partners, and host communities.

The Libyan Network to Support and Empower Women has called on the government of national unity to fulfil their promise of assigning 30% of ministerial roles to women.

A new report details how online abuse experienced by Libyan women has grown steadily in recent years, often escalating to physical attacks, with no laws in place to combat the problem.

Since the early popular rallies in Benghazi on 15 February 2011, women played a crucial role in the revolution that toppled Libyan long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Whether by helping organise and joining daily demonstrations, providing medical aid to those wounded, smuggling ammunitions, selling their jewellery to fund rebel fighters or …

Libya’s designate Prime Minister of the yet to be confirmed Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdul Hamid Debaiba has submitted his cabinet line up for confirmation to the Libyan House of Representatives.

UNSMIL is deeply concerned for the safety of Widad Al Shergi, a young Libyan woman who was arbitrarily detained in front of Zawiya court, west of Tripoli, on 31 January, allegedly by an armed group. Her family has had no contact with her since 2 February.