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= Khadija al-Jahmi = Khadija al-Jahmi (*1921 - † 1996) was the first female Libyan radio anchor, a women’s rights activist and educator. In her role as radio anchor and educator she was a pioneering advocate for gender equality in Libya.

Early Life
Khadija al-Jahmi was born in 1921 in the Libyan town of Benghazi. She completed her primary education in Libya, which at that time was under Italian occupation. After completing her primary education, her father enabled her to continue her education through private tutors who taught her in Quran studies and jurisprudence, which was unusual for Libyan women at that time. She travelled to Egypt to study at the University of Cairo and work as a teacher and eventually returned to Libya in 1956.

Career
Back in Libya, she helped establish the Libyan Women’s Union and its newspaper Al-Mara (The Woman) in 1964, through which she helped raise awareness about women’s issues and discrimination. Later, she established more magazines such as but not limited to El-Beit (The Home). She was influential in her role as the first female Libyan radio anchor as the host of  the radio program “Women’s Corner” in which she continued advocating for women’s rights, especially the right to education. In 1965, she became chief editor of several newspapers and radio programs and also became president of the Libyan Women’s Union. Khadija al-Jahmi died in 1996.