Nighat Dad: How Pakistani women are taking the internet back
نیخات داد: ژنانی پاکستان چۆن ئینتەرنێتیان وەرگرتەوە
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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نامۆیەک ببینیت--
face in Pakistan is very serious
ڕووبەروی دەبنەوە زۆر جدیین
بەرەو مەرگێکی کوشندە.
from accessing the internet --
لە بەکارهێنانی ئینتەرنێت--
country in the world,
لەجیهاندا،
to mobile technologies,
مۆبایل بەکاربهێنن.
with the rise of new technologies.
لەگەڵ گەشەکرنی تەکنۆلۆجی نوێ.
of the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner,
گەنجترین براوەی خەڵاتی نۆبڵە،
the twisted concept of honor
right outside their houses
ژنان دەکوژن
in Punjab, Pakistan,
هاتووم،
to pursue their higher education.
لە قۆناغی بەرز بخوێنن.
didn't allow their women
ڕێگەیان نەدەدا ژنەکانیان
or their professional careers.
کاری باش بەدەست بهێنن.
male guardians of my family,
لەئەندامە نێرەکانی خێزانەکەم،
supported my ambitions.
ویستەکانی دەکردم.
it's either me or them,
یان من یان ئەوان،
and expectations for a woman
و چاوەڕوانی بۆ ژن
phone until I was married.
خۆمبم تا هاوسەرگیریمکرد.
for my own surveillance.
چاودێریکردنم.
of being surveilled by my ex-husband,
چاودێری نەکڕیم لە لایەن هاوسەرکەمەوە،
son, Abdullah.
عبدللە.
when I first asked myself, "Why?
پرسیارم لە خۆمکرد ،"بۆ؟"
to enjoy the same equal rights
چێژ لە هەمان ماف ببینن
has the same equal access
هەمان مافیان هەیە
fathers and husbands --
باوکەکان و مێردەکان--
یاسایەکی نادروست؟
these patriarchal structures
لەو دەسەڵاتە پیاوسالارییە
Foundation in 2012
ڕێکخراوی مافە دیجیتاڵییەکانم دامەزراند
and women's experiences in online spaces
ئەزموونی ژنان لە ئینتەرنیتدا
is their fundamental, basic, human right,
مافێکی سەرەتاییەتی
in igniting the spark
خۆم ڕۆڵبگێرم
that have bothered me all these years.
ماوەی چەندین ساڵە بێزارم دەکەن.
first cyberharassment help line
لە پاکستان دروست کرد
who do not know who to turn to
کە نازانن چی بکەن
ڕووبەرویان دەبیتەوە.
the necessary support
پێویستیان نییە بۆ مامەڵەکردن
هەست بەناسەلامەتی دەکەن لە ئینتەرنێت،
when they feel unsafe in online spaces,
a rape threat in their in-box.
دەستدرێژیکردنیان لەسەرە.
is an access to knowledge,
دەستگەیشتنە بە زانیاری،
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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