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Deepening Stabilization in Libya: Overcoming Challenges to Young Women's Participation in Peace Building

Deepening Stabilization in Libya: Overcoming Challenges to Young Women's Participation in Peace Building
Deepening Stabilization in Libya: Overcoming Challenges to Young Women's Participation in Peace Building

Publisher

UNFPA and UN WOMEN

Number of pages

14

Author

UNFPA and UN WOMEN

Publication

Deepening Stabilization in Libya: Overcoming Challenges to Young Women's Participation in Peace Building

Publication date

01 September 2020

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As Libya struggles with continued political conflict and economic turmoil amid the COVID-19 pandemic, young women who want to contribute to peacebuilding, political processes, and economic reconstruction face serious obstacles. Their marginalization inhibits prospects for a sustainable peace and reconstruction, as political settlements that fail to include all age and gender demographics tend to perform worse over the medium and long run. 1 This paper summarizes some of the challenges young Libyan women face and offers recommendations for international, national, and local stakeholders. The challenges and recommendations outlined here are drawn directly from a series of conferences held with and by young Libyan women, and were developed through further research and consultation.