Laila Bugaighis
Laila Taher Bugaighis (Arabic: ليلى بوقعيقيص) is a Libyan physician and human rights activist.[1]
She is the CEO and former deputy director general of the Benghazi Medical Centre, one of only two tertiary care hospitals in Libya.[2][3] She is the founder and chair of the National Protection Against Violence Committee, a part of the National Transitional Council's Health Ministry. Bugaighis is also a member of the Scientific Committee for Reproductive Health of Libya, and co-founder of the political NGO Al Tawafuk Al Watani Democratic Organization.[3]
Biography
[edit]Bugaighis studied medicine at Benghazi University.[1] She is a consultant obstetrician and gynecologist, and a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[4] Also a women's rights activist, Bugaighis advocated against implementing a quota on the participation of women in Libyan politics, believing it would "reduce the chances of the right qualified women getting seats in parliament". She has called for greater legal protection of victims of domestic violence, access to abortion in cases of rape, and reform of the country's family law.[5]
She is the sister of Wafa Bugaighis, the Libyan ambassador to the United States.[6][7] Her cousin was Salwa Bughaighis, a Libyan human rights activist who was assassinated in 2014.[8]
Honours
[edit]She is a distinguished visitor at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law.[3] She regularly gives speeches at universities in the United States.[9][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sexual Violence in the Recent Conflicts in Libya and Syria" (PDF). University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "The Battle for the New Libya". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ a b c King, Tim (13 April 2015). "Libyan Women's Health Advocate Explores Human Rights in a War-torn Country | O'Neill Institute". oneill.law.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Brundtland, G. H.; Glinka, E.; Zur Hausen, H.; d'Avila, R. L. (2013). "Supplementary appendix" (PDF). Lancet. 382 (9897): 1019–20. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61938-8. PMID 24047825. S2CID 6250675. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Libya: Women Won't Benefit From Quotas, Libyan Official Says". International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "LIBYA : Laila Bugaighis takes health fight to Washington - Issue 1160 dated 18/06/2015". Maghreb Confidential. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Ambassador –". Embassy of Libya. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Wehrey, Frederic (2018). The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-71528-1. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Wirth, Kennedy. "A conversation on Libya's future". The Daily of the University of Washington. Retrieved 19 January 2020.