Outcome LBY_O_2

UN Women effectively leverages and expands its partnerships, communications and advocacy capabilities to increase support for and financing of the gender equality agenda, while securing sustainable resourcing for the delivery of its own mandate.

During the reporting period, UN Women Libya strengthened its partnerships, communications and advocacy for gender equality and women’s empowerment by advancing policy dialogue, legislative reform, and public advocacy on ending violence against women and promoting women’s participation in political and peace processes. Through sustained engagement with national institutions and international partners, greater alignment was fostered around gender-responsive legal and policy priorities, alongside increased public awareness and support for women’s rights. This result was achieved through multiple high-level roundtables, consultations, and technical workshops convened and supported by UN Women Libya with Libyan authorities—including the Ministry of State for Women’s Affairs, the Ministry of Planning, and the High National Elections Commission (HNEC)—as well as key international partners such as UNSMIL, UNDP, OHCHR, the European Union, and bilateral partners including Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France. These engagements contributed to advancing gender equality legislation and policy reforms and strengthening advocacy coherence among national and international stakeholders. Targeted activities supported priority reform areas, including the Draft Law on Protection of Women from Violence, the electoral framework, and inclusive peacebuilding processes, contributing to improved alignment of stakeholders and enhanced collective advocacy capacity in support of gender-responsive reforms. In parallel, multi-stakeholder public advocacy and communications campaigns were implemented to reinforce policy efforts and mobilize broader societal support. Initiatives such as the 16 Days of Activism against Violence Against Women and Girls reached over 317,000 people through digital platforms, generating public engagement and visible support, including from men and boys in line with HeForShe principles. These efforts were complemented by the production of bilingual advocacy materials, targeted messaging, and digital content, including videos featuring senior UN leadership, focusing on ending violence against women, addressing online violence, and promoting women’s political participation, thereby amplifying advocacy reach and reinforcing key reform messages.

UN Women effectively leverages and expands its partnerships, communications and advocacy capabilities to increase support for and financing of the gender equality agenda, while securing sustainable resourcing for the delivery of its own mandate.

In 2024, UN Women in Libya strengthened its partnership and coordination within the humanitarian sector to coordinate women-inclusive response and recovery to the humanitarian crisis in Libya. This coordination continued from the efforts made in 2023 for the response to the Derna crisis. UN Women built partnerships with the Libyan Red Cross, the local NGO delivering life-saving humanitarian responses and deploying first responders across the country, and the Ministry of Local Governance (MoLG) to provide much-needed capacity-building in the inclusion of women in humanitarian responses and recovery efforts. In partnership with the Libyan Red Crescent and hosted by MoLG, a 3-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on Gender in Humanitarian Action increased the capacity of 20 humanitarian first responders, 10 men and 10 women, and representing 9 municipalities across Libya, by providing crucial skills on the inclusion of women in humanitarian response and recovery. The training program focused on equipping them with knowledge and tools to implement women-inclusive practices, conduct inclusive analysis using sex-age-disability disaggregated data (SADDD), and facilitate inclusive humanitarian responses in their communities. It included technical knowledge sessions on women’s needs during crises, as well as practical activities on training delivery methods and program design to enable them to transfer this knowledge to their communities. Participants engaged in case studies from Libya and the MENA region, enhancing their ability to tackle real-world challenges and implement gender-sensitive solutions. Participants are now prepared to conduct localized training sessions, with plans to reach at least 10 individuals each in their respective communities. To support their efforts, UN Women is providing ongoing technical assistance and refresher training which was conducted in late December 2024. Additionally, a second ToT is planned for the second cohort of humanitarian first responders from the eastern and south-eastern municipalities in Libya will be conducted in 2025, and will be held in Benghazi, with the support of the General Secretariat of LRC, based in Benghazi.

UN Women effectively leverages and expands its partnerships, communications and advocacy capabilities to increase support for and financing of the gender equality agenda, while securing sustainable resourcing for the delivery of its own mandate.

UN Women Libya continues to leverage and expand its partnerships, communication and advocacy capabilities to increase support for the gender equality agenda. Young women, human rights defenders and civil society organizations have been strategically engaged in the national reconciliation efforts due to UN Women's coordination supoprt and convening power. This was also possible due to UN Women close collaboration with UNSMIL. During the reporting period, and in partnership with UNDP, UNICEF, and UNSMIL, UN Women built the capacity on civic engagement, political participation, awareness raising and advocacy of 30 young women from across the country. The programme, Raid'at promoted the voice of young female leaders to represent their communities in national and regional spaces and be agents of change. In addition, and immediately after the floods caused by Storm Daniel hit Eastern Libya, UN Women was able to mobilize its network of 30 women-led CSOs to inform UNDAC's rapid response assessment. The great collaboration with women-led organizations based in Benghazi area allowed that the immediate needs for women and girls were reflected in the Flash Appeal issued by UNCT Libya. Moreover, UN Women worked closely with the World Bank, the European Union, and sister agencies, to produce a secondary data analysis to inform the recovery plan for Derna and Benghazi.