This book addresses women's rights to work and motherhood in Libya from a legal and international human rights perspective and considers how these two sets of rights, as protected under international human rights law, can and should be recognised and promoted within the Libyan legal system. The book includes first-hand accounts of experiences of Libyan women, assesses the adequacy of existing Libyan laws and, where warranted, offers proposals for legislative amendments to Libyan policy makers and its new Parliament at such a crucial time in the nation's history.