Nighat Dad: How Pakistani women are taking the internet back
Nighat Dad: Kaip moterys Pakistane atsikovoja intenetą
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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jus – vienas
gąsdinančią
saugumo.
pasaulį.
face in Pakistan is very serious
iš tiesų yra rimta problema,
from accessing the internet --
naudojimosi internetu –
country in the world,
pagal gyventojų skaičių,
to mobile technologies,
mobiliosios technologijos,
with the rise of new technologies.
naujoms technologijoms.
of the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner,
Nobelio premijos laureatės,
the twisted concept of honor
sąvoką,
right outside their houses
namų durų
vyriškiu –
in Punjab, Pakistan,
Punjab regione,
to pursue their higher education.
aukštesnio išsilavinimo.
didn't allow their women
moterims
or their professional careers.
karjeros.
male guardians of my family,
supported my ambitions.
nuoširdžiai rėmė mano svajones.
žvilgsnius,
it's either me or them,
arba aš, arba jie,
and expectations for a woman
moters atžvilgiu
phone until I was married.
neištekėjau,
for my own surveillance.
of being surveilled by my ex-husband,
inicijuotai mano buvusio sutuoktinio,
Abdullah
son, Abdullah.
when I first asked myself, "Why?
to enjoy the same equal rights
lygiomis teisėmis,
has the same equal access
vienodas galimybes
fathers and husbands --
sutuoktiniai –
these patriarchal structures
Foundation in 2012
Skaitmeninių teisių fondą,
and women's experiences in online spaces
internetinėje erdvėje ir kibernetinio
is their fundamental, basic, human right,
jų pamatinė, pagrindinė žmogaus teisė,
in igniting the spark
that have bothered me all these years.
iki šiol.
first cyberharassment help line
ir viso regiono kibernetinio
who do not know who to turn to
kur kreiptis pagalbos,
erdvėje.
the necessary support
negauna pagalbos, būtinos
when they feel unsafe in online spaces,
grasinimus šioje erdvėje,
a rape threat in their in-box.
elektroninio pašto dėžutėje.
is an access to knowledge,
į informaciją,
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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