“Despite their sizeable proportion of the population and the great potential they represent, the empowerment and engagement of youth in Libya remains a missed opportunity. In fact, young people especially girls are confronting multifaceted challenges particularly stemming from a long period of conflict and instability. To address this challenging context, UNFPA is currently focusing on empowering Libyan youth with sk...

“UNFPA programme in Libya aims to support a resilient future while harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices are accessible for all women and girls as per the theme and aspirations of this year’s World Population Day. The decade-long conflict and insecurity compounded by COVID-19 has given rise to stark inequalities resulting in a meltdown of socio-economic indicators in the country. Despite challenges...

“I have seen it all with mixed feelings as with devastation, suffering and pain caused by the conflict in the most testing times of our history, I have witnessed audacity of our people to build back better and observed...