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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.