Why Libya's revolution didn't work -- and what might

Bạn biết gì về Libya và tình hình chính trị sau chế độ độc tài của Gaddafi. Bài thuyết trình của Langhi , nhà sáng lập tổ chức “Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace “ về những gì cần cho sự phát triển của Libya .

What Libya needs now, Langhi suggests, is collaboration, not competition; compassion, not rage.

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In Libya, Zahra' Langhi was part of the "days of rage" movement that helped topple the dictator Gaddafi. But -- then what? In their first elections, Libyans tried an innovative slate of candidates, the "zipper ballot," that ensured equal representation from men and women of both sides. Yet the same gridlocked politics of dominance and exclusion won out. What Libya needs now, Langhi suggests, is collaboration, not competition; compassion, not rage.

 

 

http://video.ted.com/talk/podcast/2012X/None/ZahraLanghi_2012X-light.mp4

 

About Zahra' Langhi

Zahra' Langhi is the cofounder of Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace (LWPP), a movement advocating for women’s socio-political empowerment and peace-building.

Quotes by Zahra' Langhi

• “Mercy instead of revenge, collaboration instead of competition, inclusion instead of exclusion — these are the ideals that a war-torn Libya needs desperately.”
• “Peace has an alchemy: … the intertwining, the alternation, between the feminine and masculine perspectives.”