Nighat Dad: How Pakistani women are taking the internet back
ニガット・ダッド: どうやってパキスタン女性の手にインターネットを取り戻したか
TED Fellow Nighat Dad heads the Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan -- a researched based advocacy not-for-profit geared towards ICT to support human rights, democratic processes, and digital governance. Full bio
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見知らぬ人—
あなたの生存権に
ようこそ
face in Pakistan is very serious
この種のハラスメントは非常に深刻で
from accessing the internet --
インターネットにアクセスする事―
country in the world,
6番目に人口の多い国で
to mobile technologies,
携帯を手に入れ
人口の15%に浸透しています
with the rise of new technologies.
受け入れられているとは思えません
of the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner,
最年少受賞者を輩出しました
パキスタンの一面にすぎません
the twisted concept of honor
「名誉」の概念が
結びついており
いわゆる「家族の名誉」の名のもとに
right outside their houses
携帯で男性と話していたという理由で
見殺しにされています
in Punjab, Pakistan,
とても小さな村の出身です
to pursue their higher education.
許されていません
didn't allow their women
女性が高等教育を受ける事や
or their professional careers.
許しませんでした
male guardians of my family,
他の男性保護者と違って
supported my ambitions.
支援してくれる人でした
it's either me or them,
二択だと気づき
and expectations for a woman
伝統的な考え方では
phone until I was married.
許されませんでした
for my own surveillance.
道具になりました
of being surveilled by my ex-husband,
逆らったところ
son, Abdullah.
when I first asked myself, "Why?
「なぜ?
to enjoy the same equal rights
『平等』を享受することが
has the same equal access
平等なアクセス権を持つと
fathers and husbands --
女性に認めるのは常に男性
してしまうのだろうか?」
前進する事にしました
these patriarchal structures
社会的規範に
Foundation in 2012
2012年に立ち上げ
and women's experiences in online spaces
サイバーハラスメント等の全ての問題に
ロビー活動に始まり
is their fundamental, basic, human right,
基本的人権だと説得することに至るまで
in igniting the spark
この問題の対処において
that have bothered me all these years.
果たすつもりです
first cyberharassment help line
サイバーハラスメント電話相談を始めました
who do not know who to turn to
誰を頼れば良いか分からない
拡大する活動です
the necessary support
オンライン空間に危険を感じ
when they feel unsafe in online spaces,
届いている事に怯えながら生活を送り
a rape threat in their in-box.
女性たちのことです
is an access to knowledge,
知識へのアクセスであり
女性の権利を求めて闘う事は
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nighat Dad - Lawyer, human rights activistTED Fellow Nighat Dad heads the Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan -- a researched based advocacy not-for-profit geared towards ICT to support human rights, democratic processes, and digital governance.
Why you should listen
Nighat Dad is an accomplished lawyer and a human rights activist. She is one of the pioneers who have been campaigning around access to open internet in Pakistan and globally. She is the only Pakistani fellow for Young Global Leaders 2018 supported by World Economic Forum and TEDGlobal Fellows for 2017. She has been listed as a Next Generation Leader by TIME and is the recipient of Atlantic Council Freedom Award and Human Rights Tulip Award.
Dad has been fighting against online gender-based violence, making the internet safe and inclusive for everyone to use. She's been referred to as the "Pakistani lawyer trolling the trolls" by BBC for her valor in calling out the harassers online. She has been actively advocating for increased participation of women in public spaces through national and international platforms. She tweets at @nighatdad.
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