Libyan Women Urged to Enter Politics

The election of 30 women to Libya's Parliament in July 2012 has spurred other women to become politically involved, writes Marine Casalis in Radio France International.

Women at Friday prayers in Benghazi. Out of the 200 members of Libya's current parliament, 30 are women.

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