Outcome LBY_O_5

UN Women efficiently and effectively discharges of all business processes that advance integrated delivery of its normative, operational and coordination mandate at HQ, Regional and Country level, including through shared services.

In its innovative work to end online violence against women in Libya (OVAW), UN Women efficiently and effectively discharged its business processes and advanced our normative, operational and coordination mandate in a synergetic way. Firstly, it implemented operational activities in the areas of capacity development and knowledge production: This included a Training of Trainers (ToT) for 14 women who went on to increase knowledge about OVAW and how to combat ICT-facilitated violence for 410 Libyans (373 women; 37 men) from 9 cities (Tripoli, Benghazi, Sabha, Misrata, Sirt, Marej, Tubruk, Kufra and Zintan). Other operational activities included awareness-raising through local radio channels and a listening session with women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in Libya and Facebook/Meta. The sessions provided a unique opportunity for duty-bearers to listen to women’s first-hand challenges when reporting cases of OVAW and the continuum of violence that often starts online and continues offline. Secondly, it ensured findings from the operational activities reached international partners, including the UN (coordination) and national partners to ensure normative progress. In 2022, the UN Fact-Finding mission for Libya addressed OVAW as a primary concern in Libya. Moreover, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) focused its “16 Days of Activism Campaign” on OVAW, based on consultations with women’s civil society and findings from a UN Women multi-country study on OVAW (“Violence against women in the online space: insights from a multi-country study in the Arab States”). This shows how UN Women’s coordination and advocacy efforts had concrete results with UN partners. For the normative development around OVAW legislation and services, the way has also been paved through advocacy and dissemination. After attending one of the trainings mentioned above, the head of the Women’s Affairs Office in the Ministry of Interior (MoI) requested UN Women to provide OVAW training for female police officers. Following the consultation with Facebook/Meta, HNEC worked with UN Women to develop a mapping of the social media platforms women activists to better understand the challenges. Through a consultation organised by UN Women with support of the Government of Finland, in which new data from the mapping was presented, 29 high-level representatives were reached, including from HNEC, the General Authority for Monitoring Media Content, the Audio Space Authority, the Presidential Council, and the MoI.