The Peace and Reconciliation Agreement signed between the government and the armed groups in Mali on 20 June 2015, is in its implementation phase. Meetings targeting the population to inform them and raise their awareness on the document are being held nationwide. In Kidal, women are active. They work actively to inform and raise awareness on the importance of the peace agreement.

To survive, many poor people in Bamako have embarked on the collection of household and industrial waste dumped in the landfills in the capital. They sell the waste later for a few hundred CFA francs* to individuals or companies specializing in waste treatment. Although the activity allows them not to starve, it is not without any risk..

"There are periods when I feel scared. I feel I am an easy prey. My movements have become limited. I am afraid to go public places that I used visit in Tripoli to avoid any trouble. I am aware that everything could happen with the proliferation of weapons, chaos and incitement", This is how Souad Salem began to talk about the reality of Libyan women. She is a well-known journalist and a poet who produced several collections of poetry.

Since the first days of the revolutionary movement in Benghazi in February 2011, some women became known for their activism. We can mention, for example, the martyr Salwa Bughaighis, Dr. Hana Esseddiq Kallal, Ms. Abeer Amenina, Dr. Laila Bughaighis, etc. However, that women's struggle did not prevent women to be today, within the "Revolutionary process" to be almost absent from the decision-making process and official positions. Women's representation in all governments of the post-Gaddafi era was below five members at best, and in the proposed national Concord government with its forty members, there were two State secretaries only.