July 30, 2025
In southern Libya, a woman named Amal wakes before the sun. She gathers her notes in silence—pages filled with policy ideas and testimonies from other women in her community. By law, she’s not allowed to travel alone. But today, she will.
Amal is one of dozens of women working with Search for Common Ground to reclaim their role in shaping Libya’s future. In a country where women are often silenced—sometimes by tradition, sometimes by law—Search is helping them speak not just louder, but in rooms where decisions are made.
Women across Libya face mounting restrictions under evolving interpretations of Sharia law. Some are no longer allowed to leave their homes without a male guardian. Others are discouraged from appearing in public life at all. But peace doesn’t happen in silence—and these women are refusing to be sidelined.
Search is equipping them with the tools and training to engage in high-level peacebuilding, to influence national dialogue, and to craft policies that include the needs and voices of half the population. These aren’t just workshops—they’re lifelines, safety nets, and launchpads for a future shaped by collaboration, not exclusion.
In Libya’s south, the stakes are even higher. Women from Black Libyan communities—long excluded and frequently subjected to race-based violence—are often viewed as outsiders in their own country. Search is intentionally engaging these women, elevating their voices in a process that has ignored them for far too long. Their participation is not symbolic; it is strategic. Because real peace leaves no one behind.
You might never walk the streets of Sabha or Tripoli. But the impact of your support can.
When women are included in peace processes, research shows the resulting agreements last longer and serve more people. When communities come together across racial, ethnic, and regional lines, peace becomes not only possible—but sustainable.
Your investment in this work isn’t charity—it’s strategy. It’s a vote for a world where women like Amal are not footnotes in history, but authors of it.
In a time when many turn away, you can help amplify voices determined to be heard anyway.
Because peace isn’t given. It’s built.
And the women of Libya are building it, brick by brick.
Support programs like these at Search for Common Ground and stand with the women reshaping Libya—and our shared future.
