On Thursday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Libya's Government of National Unity, Najla Mangoush, participated in an international virtual meeting of female foreign ministers to reject violence against women against the background of what happened recently with Iranian activist Mahsa Amini.

Mangoush's participation in the meeting came at the invitation of the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Melanie Joly, last Wednesday.

The virtual meeting witnessed the participation of the foreign ministers of Canada, Germany, Lithuania, Albania, Norway, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Kosovo, according to what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its Facebook page.

Mangoush stressed the need to enhance the role of women in political life, especially during crises and conflicts, and to empower their efforts to maintain peace and achieve security and justice in their countries, pointing out that women face multiple challenges when they seek to exercise their social, political and electoral rights.