After a tumultuous decade, marked by two civil wars, a permanent ceasefire was signed in Libya in October 2020. In early 2021, the UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum assigned a new interim government, the Government of National Unity, in an attempt to stabilise the political scene and to organise parliamentary and presidential elections on the 24th December 2021.

In preparation for the elections, we sat down with Inas Miloud, an indigenous feminist activist from the Amazigh community in Libya. Inas is the co-founder and currently Co-Executive Director of Tamazight Women’s Movement, an intersectional organization that works to address gender, youth and indigenous people’s inequalities in Libya. Her work has been particularly focused on gender, peace and security, militarization, indigenous issues, and intersectionality. In this episode, we discuss how Inas became involved in peacebuilding and what needs to be demystified in this field. We hear about Inas’ stories as an indigenous activist, her work with the Tamazight Women’s Movement, and her hopes for the future of Libya.

Music credit: 'Coffee Shopping' by Bruno Freitas, licensed under hooksounds.com.