109 In the area of personal status, the legislator has devoted special attention to women whom he was keen to place in a legal position that is not inferior to men. Law no (10) for 1984 on provisions regarding marriage and divorce and their implications on the natural right of woman to express her opinion in choosing her life partner and going to court in case of intransigence on the part of her guardian in not allowing her to get married to the one she chooses as her husband. The Law also forbids the married man from marrying another woman unless he obtains a written approval from his spouse and after his recognition in the event of divorce of her right to maintain her children custody and her matrimonial home so long her custody right holds. This right also involves woman with no guardian after her divorce or the death of her husband since she is entitled to keep staying at matrimonial home. Social security and basic pension laws have addressed men and women alike, having been enacted to the interest and benefit of all individuals in the society without discrimination between males and females. In the field of criminal liability, the Penal Code addresses the citizen regardless of his/her gender, bearing in mind specificity of women and their biological nature as different from men. Hence were the rules distinctively devised in criminal legislation to ensure special treatment of women as feminine especially with regard to executing penalties against them. Concerning labor and civil service, laws guarantee for Libyan women their right to labor and job opportunities without differentiation between them and men. Many regulations on women employment, training and rehabilitation were issued.

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