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  1. “I would just like to say that we are facing that risk today and we are relying on the Security Council to take firm action to protect women and girls and women human rights defenders in Libya.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  2. “Ms. Miloud: Iwould like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to voice the concerns of my fellow Libyan women and indigenous people. I would just like to respond by saying that a survivor- centred approach does mean the availability of services related to sexual and reproductive health, but it also means the inclusion of those services for everyone and leaving no one behind. I also want to add that I may not know the destiny that might face me or my colleagues when I leave the Security Council today. This is a very critical moment in our country and, as I said earlier, attacks against women human rights defenders are on the rise.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  3. “The Al-Qadhafi regime not only repressed my people, the Amazigh, our culture and a way of life, but criminalized speaking the Tamazight language in public and forbade it being taught in schools. Growing up speaking a banned language meant learning how to fight for my own freedom of speech from a very young age. It is therefore no small achievement that I address the Security Council today. Let these efforts not be in vain.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  4. “In conclusion, as we approach the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), I urge the Security Council to see the current situation in Libya as an important test of its credibility as the international community and of what progress on the women and peace and security agenda really means for women, survivors and activists, and their communities, all of whom are suffering through conflict. Amina Megheirbi, a fellow Libyan woman human rights defender from Benghazi, sat in this very chair and delivered a statement at an open debate on this topic in February 2012 (see S/PV.6722). The fact that today I am delivering the same messages to the Council as she did then should be a stark reminder that the Council's efforts to bring peace to Libya have not been enough.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  5. “It must publicly condemn attacks and threats against human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders, and develop specific protection measures in consultation with them in order to address the violence they face due to their work. The Council must ensure that any peace agreements are gender-sensitive and protect and respect the human rights of women and girls, particularly as they relate to the Constitution, the electoral system, the police and the judiciary. It must meaningfully include women, indigenous peoples and youth and ensure that they are able to substantively influence all phases of the upcoming National Conference and elections. They must be included as decision makers - not only as observers.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  6. “The Council must recognize the gendered impact of arms. Security sector reform and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration are urgently needed. The Council must investigate all allegations of sexual violence promptly, impartially and fully. It must support survivors. A survivor-centred approach means both ensuring survivors' rights and addressing their needs, including, as a priority, access to life-saving interventions and post-rape medical care, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, emergency contraception, the option of safe abortion services, and HIV prevention and treatment. The Council must protect the human rights of refugees and migrants in accordance with international law.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  7. “Theirs is just one example of the toll this conflict has taken on civilian lives. As bombs rain down on Tripoli and clashes continue in Alzizia and Zuwaya, ordinary Libyans now look to the Security Council to speak in a unified voice and take swift action to end the current crisis and put Libya on the path to peace. We call on the Security Council to demand a ceasefire and ensure that civilians are protected from attacks. We welcome recent efforts to this end and urge all Council members to ensure international humanitarian law is upheld. The Council must stop the sale of weapons that are being used to perpetuate the violence, including sexual and gender-based violence. All Member States must uphold international law, including the Arms Trade Treaty and enforce the United Nations embargo on all weapons sales to Libya.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  8. “As a result, the 2015 Libyan Political Agreement does not address many crucial issues, such as gender equality, sexual and gender-based violence, displacement, restrictions on freedom of movement, particularly of young women, and fear of reprisals for women's rights activism. When Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Libya earlier this month, many meetings took place behind closed doors, so there was no clear signal that civil society was invited to participate. This reflects a broader pattern of disengagement between ordinary Libyans and the United Nations-led peace process. Peace cannot be built without building trust with our communities and having meaningful consultation with civil society. Last week, my cousin's entire family was killed when their house was destroyed during the recent shelling in Tripoli.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  9. “Reprisals for our activism and the criminalization of our work has led to severe restrictions on the freedom of movement, assembly and speech. Numerous women's organizations have simply stopped working due to such harassment and threats. Enabling women's full participation in public life as activists, politicians or ordinary citizens is an essential step forward, challenging deeply held beliefs about the roles of men and women. Participation is therefore a necessary condition for adequately addressing sexual and gender-based violence. Critically, the peace process led by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya has largely excluded Libyan women and indigenous groups.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  10. “Through the revolution, I learned what it means to be an activist and why that matters, not only for women or my own people, the Tamazight, who have been denied social, cultural and political rights for decades, but for all Libyans. The work of women human rights defenders remains essential for both protecting basic human rights and peace and security in Libya, on the one hand, and providing such life-saving services as food, medical care and free counselling to survivors of sexual and gender- based violence, on the other hand. However, attacks against them are still on the rise: more than 10 cases have been documented since 2017. Sexual and gender- based violence is systematically used to intimidate and silence women activists and political figures.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  11. “In Libyan detention centres, a commonly reported torture technique involves forcing men to stand in a circle to watch the rape and sometimes murder of women. Anyone who moves or speaks out is beaten or killed. In most cases, there are no services to meet the needs of female survivors, let alone male survivors. A feature of the violence targeting men and boys - and a reason for its stigmatization- is the deeply entrenched assumptions about male invulnerability. Challenging harmful gender norms and attitudes in terms of both masculinity and femininity is therefore essential for addressing the root causes of gender-based Violence and militarization. Like many Libyans, the revolution changed my life.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  12. “Chronic underreporting due to stigma, fear of retaliation and a lack of trust in the judicial system fuels impunity for perpetrators on all sides of the conflict. For many in Libya, internal displacement has become a permanent feature oflife. Forty per cent of the 1 million international migrants in Libya are women. Denied basic human necessities such as safe shelter, food and medicine, displaced women and young girls and boys are especially vulnerable to violence. They are abducted and even raped - often multiple times, by different perpetrators, including by armed groups as well as State actors. Sexual and gender-based violence is perpetrated in ways that affect both women and men. Men and boys are targeted, particularly in Libyan detention centres and prisons.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  13. “Indigenous women are even further marginalized due to the entrenched discrimination against our communities that has existed for decades. Hundreds of indigenous women are targets of sexual and gender-based violence simply because they belong to communities such as the Tebu, the Tuareg and my own people, the Amazigh. In 2016, my friend was gang-raped by an armed group on her way from Tripoli to the Nafusa Mountains with her brother. Five armed men stopped her, beat her brother and assaulted her. They told her that Amazigh women deserve to be raped. I have known many others, both in my personal life and through my work, who have been the victims of gender-based violence and their stories remain shrouded in silence.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  14. “First, rigid patriarchal norms, amplified by the presence of armed groups and the widespread availability of weapons, are the central cause of gender- based Violence and lack of security for women. Secondly, gender-based violence exists in a continuum that extends from times of peace to periods of conflict and from public spaces to private lives. Despite the United Nations arms embargo, weapons continue to flow into the country unchecked. Due to the widespread availability of weapons in every household, Violence often escalates into a deadly outcome. Patriarchal notions of family honour, coupled with fear of retaliation, ensure that domestic violence and sexual and gender-based violence are rarely reported.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  15. “Yet eight years after the United Nations-brokered political agreement, my country remains embroiled in crisis and our hopes for change have been dashed. The renewal of conflict in 2014 brought an increase in sexual violence and threats to women's security, including widespread sexual torture of women and men, particularly internally displaced persons, indigenous and other minority communities and women human rights defenders. In 2018, we collected hundreds of stories from Libyans across the country about their experiences of sexual and gender-based violence, which primarily affects women and girls. The majority of testimonies provided by both men and women outline a common pattern of physical violence, rape, sexual harassment, verbal abuse, abductions and domestic violence. Their stories highlight two indisputable facts.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  16. “Last week, the United Nations-supported national peace conference that was meant to put Libya on the road to democracy and elections had to be postponed. As noted by Mr. Ghassan Salame', Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, people cannot be asked to take part in a conference while they are exposed to gunfire and air strikes. Weeks into General Khalifa Haftar's military assault on Tripoli, as the number of civilian deaths mounts, thousands flee and the humanitarian crisis deepens, I think about my family - not only the grave threats they currently face but the reality that they have had to live through for decades under the Al-Qaddafi regime. In 2011, we took to the streets to demand our freedom, an end to repression and our right to democracy.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source

  17. “Ms. Miloud: I am Inas Miloud. My people are the Amazigh and they are the indigenous inhabitants of Libya. I was born in 1990 and I grew up in Yafran, a small Amazigh town in the Nafusa mountains about 100 miles from Tripoli. Since the 2011 revolution, I have been working with indigenous women and girls affected by sexual and gender-based violence, as well as displaced and migrant communities in Libya. Today I represent not only my people, the Amazigh, but all women in Libya. I speak in my capacity as the Chairperson of the Tamazight Women's Movement, an organization that undertakes research and advocacy on indigenous issues in Libya from an intersectional feminist perspective. I also speak today on behalf of the non-governmental organization Working Group on Women, Peace and Security.”

    2019-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8514 (2019) · source