ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nighat Dad - Lawyer, human rights activist
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.

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.

More profile about the speaker
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TEDGlobal 2017

Nighat Dad: How Pakistani women are taking the internet back

Nighat Dad: Jinsi Wanawake wa Pakistani Wanavyoregesha Mtandao

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MwanaTED Nighat Dad anasomea unyanyasaji wa mtandao, hasa inavyolingana na utamaduni kama ule wa kijiji chake cha Pakistani. Anahadithia vile alivyoanzisha laini ya kwanza ya msaada wa kwanza wa Pakistani wa unyanyasaji wa mtandao, unaowasaidia wanawake wanaokabiliana na ukandazamizaji katika mtandao, "Utumizi salama wa mtandao ndipo ujuzi unapopatikana, na ujuzi ni haki," anasema.
- Lawyer, human rights activist
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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ImagineKufikiria wakinginaamsha up to a strangermgeni --
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Fikiria kuamka ukapata mgeni usiyemfahamu
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sometimesmara nyingine multiplenyingi strangerswageni --
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wakati mwingine wageni wengi usiowafahamu
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questioningkuhoji your right to existencekuwepo
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wanaohoji haki yako ya kuishi
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for something that you wrotealiandika onlineonline,
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kwa kitu ulichoandika kwa mtandao
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wakinginaamsha up to an angryhasira messageujumbe,
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kuamkia ujumbe wa hasira
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scaredhofu and worriedwasiwasi for your safetyusalama.
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ukiogopa na kuhofia usalama wako.
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WelcomeKaribu to the worldulimwengu of cyberharassmentcyberharassment.
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Karibu katika ulimwengu
wa unyanyasaji wa mtandaoni.
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The kindaina of harassmentunyanyasaji that womenwanawake
faceuso in PakistanPakistan is very seriousmbaya
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Aina ya unyanyasaji ambao wanawake
wanakabiliana nao Pakistani ni mbaya sana
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and leadsinaongoza to sometimesmara nyingine deadlymauti outcomesmatokeo.
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na wakati mwengine
unasababisha maafa makali.
00:43
This kindaina of harassmentunyanyasaji keepshuendelea womenwanawake
from accessingupatikanaji the internetinternet --
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Unyanyasaji wa aina hii
unawazuia wanawake kutumia mtandao
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essentiallykimsingi, knowledgeujuzi.
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hasa ujuzi.
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It's a formfomu of oppressionukandamizaji.
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Ni aina ya ukandamizaji
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PakistanPakistan is the sixthsita mostwengi populousvile
countrynchi in the worldulimwengu,
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Pakistani ni taifa la sita
ulimwenguni kwa wingi wa idadi ya watu
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with 140 millionmilioni people havingkuwa na accessupatikanaji
to mobilerununu technologiesteknolojia,
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na watu milioni 140 wenye uwezo
wa kutumia teknolojia ya simu,
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and 15 percentasilimia internetinternet penetrationkupenya.
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na asilimia 15 ya upenyo wa mtandao.
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And this numbernambari doesn't seemkuonekana to go down
with the risekupanda of newmpya technologiesteknolojia.
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Na idadi hii haionekani kukpunguka
na mwamko wa teknolojia.
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PakistanPakistan is alsopia the birthplaceDass
of the youngestmdogo zaidi NobelTuzo PeaceAmani PrizeTuzo winnermshindi,
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Pakistani pia ndilo taifa la kuzaliwa kwa
mtu kijana kabisa kuwahi kushinda tuzo
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MalalaMalala YousafzaiYousafzai.
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la Nobel
Malala Yousafzai
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But that's just one aspectkipengele of PakistanPakistan.
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Lakini hicho ni kipengele
kimoja tu cha Pakistani.
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AnotherMwingine aspectkipengele is where
the twistedinaendelea conceptdhana of honorheshima
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Kipengle kingine ni dhana iliyopotoka
ya heshima
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is linkedimeunganishwa to womenwanawake and theirwao bodiesmiili;
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inayohusishwa na wanawake na miili yao;
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where menwatu are allowedruhusiwa to disrespectkutoheshimu womenwanawake
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pahali ambapo wanaume wanakubaliwa
kutowaheshimu wanawake
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and even killkuua them sometimesmara nyingine
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na wakati mwingi ata kuwaua
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in the namejina of so-calledkinachojulikana "familyfamilia honorheshima";
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wakisinzia ni "heshima ya familia";
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where womenwanawake are left to diekufa
right outsidenje theirwao housesnyumba
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pahali ambapo wanawake wanaachwa wafe
nje ya manyumba yao
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for speakingakizungumza to a man on a mobilerununu phonesimu,
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kwa sababu ya kuzungumza na mwanaume
kwa rununu
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in the namejina of "familyfamilia honorheshima."
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wakisinzia ni "heshima ya familia."
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Let me say this very clearlywazi:
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Wacha niseme hivi bayana:
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it's not honorheshima;
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siyo heshima;
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it's a cold-bloodedbaridi-blooded murdermauaji.
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hayo ni mauaji.
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I come from a very smallndogo villagekijiji
in PunjabPunjab, PakistanPakistan,
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Mimi natokea kijiji kidogo
sana pale Punjab, Pakistani
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where womenwanawake are not allowedruhusiwa
to pursuekufuata theirwao higherjuu educationelimu.
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pahali ambapo wanawake hawaruhusiwi
kuendelea na masomo ya juu.
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The elderswazee of my extendedkupanuliwa familyfamilia
didn't allowkuruhusu theirwao womenwanawake
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Wakubwa wa jamaa yangu
hawakuwaruhusu wanawake wao
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to pursuekufuata theirwao higherjuu educationelimu
or theirwao professionalmtaalamu careerskazi.
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waendelee na masomo ya juu
ama taaluma zao.
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HoweverHata hivyo, unliketofauti the other
malekiume guardianswalezi of my familyfamilia,
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Hata hivyo, tofauti na walezi waume
wengine wa familia yangu,
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my fatherbaba was one who really
supportedimesaidiwa my ambitionsmatarajio.
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baba yangu ndiye aliye aliniunga mkono
katika jitihada zangu
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To get my lawsheria degreeshahada,
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za kupata shahada ya uana sheria.
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of coursebila shaka, it was really difficultvigumu,
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Bila shaka ilikuwa vigumu
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and [there were] frownsfrowns of disapprovalkutokubali.
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na kulikuwa na manunguniko ya kutoridhika.
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But in the endmwisho, I knewalijua
it's eitherama me or them,
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Lakini mwishowe nilijua ni mimi ama wao,
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and I chosealichagua myselfMimi mwenyewe.
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na nikachagua mimi
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(ApplauseMakofi)
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(Makofi)
02:50
My family'sfamilia traditionsmila
and expectationsmatarajio for a womanmwanamke
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Mila ya familia yangu
na matarajio ya mwanamke
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wouldn'thakutaka allowkuruhusu me to ownmwenyewe a mobilerununu
phonesimu untilmpaka I was marriedndoa.
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hayangeniruhusu nimiliki
rununu mpaka kuolewa.
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And even when I was marriedndoa,
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Na ata nilpoolewa,
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this toolchombo becameikawa a toolchombo
for my ownmwenyewe surveillanceufuatiliaji.
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kifaa hiki kikawa kifaa
cha ufuatiliaji wangu.
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When I resistedalikataa this ideawazo
of beingkuwa surveilledsurveilled by my ex-husbandex-mume,
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Nilipokataa haya mafikira
ya kufuatiliwa na mume wangu wa zamani,
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he really didn't approvekupitisha of this
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hakukubalina na wazo hilo
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and threwkukatupa me out of his housenyumba,
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na akanifurusha kutoka nyumbani,
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alongkando with my six-month-oldmwenye umri wa miezi sita
sonmwana, AbdullahAbdullah.
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pamoja na mtoto wangu wa kiume
wa miezi sita, Abdullah.
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And that was the time
when I first askedaliuliza myselfMimi mwenyewe, "Why?
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Na hapo ndipo nilipojiuliza
mara ya kwanza, "Mbona?
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Why are womenwanawake not allowedruhusiwa
to enjoykufurahia the samesawa equalsawa rightshaki
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Mbona wanawake hawaruhusiwi
kufurahia haki sawa na wanaume
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enshrinediliyowekwa in our ConstitutionKatiba?
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kama ilivyo katika katiba yetu?
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While the lawsheria statesinasema that a womanmwanamke
has the samesawa equalsawa accessupatikanaji
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Ilhali sheria inasema ya kuwa
mwanamke ana haki sawia
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to the informationhabari,
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kwa taarifa
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why is it always menwatu -- brothersndugu,
fathersbaba and husbandswaume --
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mbona huwa ni wanaume
mandugu, mababa na
mabwana, ndio
wanaoturuzukia haki hizi
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who are grantingkumpa these rightshaki to us,
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kwa hiyo kuifanya sheria kuwa bila maana?"
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effectivelykwa ufanisi makingkufanya the lawsheria irrelevantsio maana?"
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Kwa hiyo nikaamua kuchukua hatua,
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So I decidedaliamua to take a stephatua,
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badala ya kuendelea kunungunikia
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insteadbadala yake of keep questioningkuhoji
these patriarchalza baba mkuu structuresmiundo
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hizi misingi na tamaduni
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and societaljamii normskanuni.
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Na nikaanzisha mwaka 2012
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And I foundedilianzishwa the DigitalTarakimu RightsHaki za
FoundationMsingi in 2012
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Digital Rights Foundation
ili kushughulikia matatizo yanayowakumba
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to addressanwani all the issuesmambo
and women'swanawake experiencesuzoefu in onlineonline spacesnafasi
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wanawake katika mtandao
na unyanyasaji katika mtandao.
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and cyberharassmentcyberharassment.
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Kutoka kushawishia mtandao
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From lobbyingushawishi for freebure and safesalama internetinternet
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bure na salama
kuwashawishi wanawake
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to convincingkushawishi youngvijana womenwanawake
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utumizi wa mtandao salama
ni haki yao ya kimsingi
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that accessupatikanaji to the safesalama internetinternet
is theirwao fundamentalmsingi, basicmsingi, humanbinadamu right,
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Najaribu tetekeleza majumu yangu
kwa kuanzisha msuko
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I'm tryingkujaribu to playkucheza my partsehemu
in ignitingkuwaka the sparkcheche
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ili kuyajibu maswali
ambayo yamekuwa yakinitatiza hii miaka yote
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to addressanwani the questionsmaswali
that have botheredwasiwasi me all these yearsmiaka.
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Na matumaini moyoni mwangu,
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With a hopetumaini in my heartmoyo,
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na kupeana suluhisho katika janga hili,
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and to offerkutoa a solutionsuluhisho to this menacehatari,
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nilianzisha msaada wa usaidizi wa kwanza Pakistani na katika eneo
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I startedilianza Pakistan'sYa Pakistan and the region'sya mkoa
first cyberharassmentcyberharassment help linemstari
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Decemba 2016--
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in DecemberDesemba 2016 --
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(Makofi)
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(ApplauseMakofi)
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kunyosha mkona wa usaidizi kwa wanawake wasiojua wamkimbilie nani
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to extendkupanua my supportmsaada to the womenwanawake
who do not know who to turnkugeuka to
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wanapokabiliana na tishio kkubwa mtandaoni.
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when they faceuso seriousmbaya threatsvitisho vya onlineonline.
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Nawafikiria wanawake wasiokuwa na usaidizi unaohitajika
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I think of the womenwanawake who do not have
the necessarymuhimu supportmsaada
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kukabiliana na shida ya kili wanapojihisi hawako salama katika mtandao,
04:51
to dealtoa with the mentalakili traumakiwewe
when they feel unsafesalama in onlineonline spacesnafasi,
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na wakiendelea na shughuli zao za kila siku,
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and they go about theirwao dailykila siku activitiesshughuli,
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wakidhani kuwa kuna tishio la ubakaji katika ujumbe wao.
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thinkingkufikiri that there is
a rapekubaka threattishio in theirwao in-boxkatika kisanduku.
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Kuweza
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SafeSalama accessupatikanaji to the internetinternet
is an accessupatikanaji to knowledgeujuzi,
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na elimu ni uhuru.
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and knowledgeujuzi is freedomuhuru.
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Ninapopigania haki z
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When I fightkupigana for women'swanawake digitaldigital rightshaki,
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Ninapopigania maslahi ya wanawake ya kidijitali
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I'm fightingmapigano for equalityusawa.
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Ninaapigania usawa
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Thank you.
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Asanteni
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(Makofi)
Translated by Brian Bosire
Reviewed by Nelson Simfukwe

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nighat Dad - Lawyer, human rights activist
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.

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.

More profile about the speaker
Nighat Dad | Speaker | TED.com