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until they get back to work, as well as returnees from the
Diaspora and others.
Basic pension for those entitled to it was increased to more than
double the amount pursuant to the decision of the People's
General Committee no (277) for 2006 along with the
contribution to upgrade the level of limited-income families to
lead a fairly good life, by distributing wealth in cash money to
each family and buying its members investment equities in
production and service companies within the framework of
wealth possession as will be explained later.
Women also are entitled to all rights including employment and
profession. Discrimination against women is banned in the
Libyan Arab Jamhiryat in accordance with effective laws
ensuring equality with men regarding all that is humane. This
was corroborated further in the provision of Article (91) of
Labor Law no (58) for 1970 stating: "Without prejudice to the
provisions of the following articles, all regulatory provisions
respecting employment of workers without discrimination in the
same work, are applicable to juveniles and women". Article (95)
of the same Law provides for "the inadmissibility of employing
women in hard or hazardous work" Article (31) of the same Law
stipulates that "differentiation in wages between men and
women if conditions and nature of work were the same is not
allowable". As previously pointed out, the items cited in the
Great Green Human Rights Charter stresses in Article (21) that
sons of mass society, both men and women, are on an equal
footing vis-à-vis whatever is deemed humane since
differentiation between men and women in terms of rights
involves groundlessly flagrant injustice".
Freedom Promotion Law no (20) for 1991 also laid emphasis on
the principle of gender equality with Article (1) noting:
"Citizens, males and females, in the Great Jamhirya are equal in
rights, and their rights are inviolable".