110 1- Women and Education Laws issued in this respect since the inception of the great Fateh Revolution have acknowledged the right to education without differentiation or discrimination between individuals of the Libyan community be they men or women. The last of these laws was issued in assertion of this right, with Article 1 of Law no (18) for 2010 on Education stating that "education is the right of all and the State shall act to facilitate it for citizens under the sponsorship of public and private education institutions, by monitoring their efficiency and the quality of their outputs. The State also seeks to encourage and expand private education which is compulsory for all until the end of the basic education stage. As a result, women have effectively participated in all fields of education. The following table shows considerable increase in the number of female students in all stages of education. Education level/ academic year Total Basic education stage Medium-level education stage University education Females % of females Total Females % of Females 2- Women and Health The health policy in the Jamhirya is aimed to extend suitable and equitable health care for all citizens without discrimination. The Jamhirya had made notable advance in the area of health where life expectancy rate was raised from 48 years in the early 1970s to 72.5 years in 2006, 73 years old for females and 72 years old for males.