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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.