Middle East | Libya | Activism

UN arms Libyan women with gun-safety knowledge

For every Libyan citizen, there are two or more guns circulating within the oil-rich North African country’s border, based on a consensus of estimates. The gun situation has influenced the dynamics of gender in the Libyan communities, where women and girls are disproportionately affected by the violence. That’s why the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the Small Arms Survey in Geneva and the UN Institute for Disarmament Research designed the risk-awareness program to focus specifically on women. In the next step toward implementing the program, the Women Empowerment Section (WES) of

International | Libya | Politics

Women’s Groups Want Libya Activist’s Murder Investigated

Source: abcNEWS

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 create a democracy. The shooting and stabbing of Salwa Bugaighis shortly after she cast her vote in Libya's parliamentary elections last year shocked the international community, with U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice calling the assassination "brutal and senseless." After Gadhafi was overthrown, Bugaighis became one of the most outspoken voices against militia fighters and Islamic extremists. She also was deputy