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Africa > Libya > Democracy

LIBYAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   All Stats  
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 3.14 [102nd of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Status Index 2006 4 [94th of 119]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 3 [107th of 119]
Civil and political liberties 0 [139th of 140]
Female candidacy 1,964 [22nd of 161]
Female ministers 11.8% [66th of 125]
Female suffrage 1964
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality Yes

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SOURCES: Bertelsmann Transformation Index online, 2006; http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/fileadmin/pdf/BTI_2006_Ranking_GB.pdf; Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva; Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Libya, Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma, libyan arab jamahiriya, the libyan arab jamahiriya

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