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ہم آپکی مدد کرنے کے لیے موجود ہیں۔ ہماری ہیلپلائن پر کال کریں اور ہمارے انسیڈنٹ ریسپانس اینالسٹس سے مشورہ لیں۔
پیر سے جمعہ، صبح ۹ سے شام ۵ بجے تک، آپ کے ساتھ۔ 👩🏻💻
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Annual working lunch of global Tech Thinkers with President @EmmanuelMacron at Elysse Palace ahead of @ParisPeaceForum @FranceinPak 🙌🏾
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#Pakistan 🇵🇰 The Network of Women Journalists for Digital Rights condemns the participation of some journalists in undermining women colleagues like @asmashirazi and @AmberRShamsi who are facing online abuse and gendered attacks. @DigitalRightsPK
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OPEN CALL! 📣
We are looking for pitches for the upcoming edition of Digital 50.50, focused on how technology enables gendered harm while also creating opportunities for resistance and feminist mobilisation across the Asia Pacific.
Read more details: instagram.com/p/DfehR4dCttS/…
On 2 November, Project Manager Umaima held a half-day focus group discussion in Peshawar with local, mainstream and independent journalists on maternity and paternity leave, workplace harassment law and daycare policies.
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📍Last week, our Incident Handler attended a Digital Tahafuz Summit in Islamabad, organised by @Meta in collaboration with the @MoitOfficial, @mohrpakistan, @PTAofficialpk, the Social Media Regulatory Authority, @NCRC_Pakistan, and @ZindagiTrust, @ShehzadRoy.
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Founder of @DigitalRightsPK @nighatdad 's reflections on the FCC verdict in Usman Shahid v Nadia Sarwar Case:
#FCCVerdict #WorkplaceHarassment #Dignity
From Pakistan to Brazil, from Lebanon to Iraq, feminist organisations are responding to harm in their own communities, in their own languages.
At @mozillafestival, @nighatdad called on those who hold resources to support the organisations communities already trust.
In October 2026, our Digital Security Helpline received 382 complaints, of which 303 concerned cyber harassment.
Minors were once again the largest group of callers. Image-based abuse was the most reported concern.
Our helpline remains free, non-judgmental, and confidential. 💛
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This International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, we call for every attack on a journalist to be investigated and followed through to a conclusion, so that families and colleagues are not left waiting years for an answer.
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Day 3 at @mozillafestival was about people’s voices in technology.
@nighatdad spoke about how the technologies that harm communities are built and moderated far away from them.
In response, DRF built the Digital Security Helpline, Pakistan’s first helpline for online harm.
Day 2 at @mozillafestival was a full house! 💡
Yesterday we came together for “Is Collaboration With Big Tech Still Possible?”, co-organised with @cipesaug , @IFEX and @signalapp.
Thank you to our co-organisers, our speakers, and everyone who joined the conversation.
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That’s a wrap on Day 1 at @mozillafestival! ✊🏼
Our panel on “Wilding AI: Community-Centered Principles for Community-Owned Digital Futures” brought together some great conversations.
@nighatdad, @accessnow, @meedan, @VitaActivaOrg, @IFEX, @numunfund, @torproject, @ushahidi.
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#Pakistan 🇵🇰 As of July 2026, @DigitalRightsPK's Helpline has already received 153 complaints involving minors. "The fact that children so young are being exposed to this harm should concern all of us."
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Punjab has banned camera-enabled smart glasses and hidden recording devices for 30 days.
Read in detail what the ban covers, what the law says, and how to protect yourself: instagram.com/p/DfCYAc2isIP/…
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نیٹ ورک آف ویمن جرنلسٹس فار ڈیجیٹل رائٹس (این ڈبلیو جے ڈی آر) کی تہہ دل سے شکر گزار ہوں کہ اس نے میرے، عنبر رحیم شمسی اور آن لائن بدسلوکی اور صنفی بنیادوں پر حملوں کا سامنا کرنے والی خواتین صحافیوں کے ساتھ یکجہتی کا یہ بھرپور اظہار کیا۔
آپ کا اصولی مؤقف میرے لیے بہت اہمیت رکھتا ہے۔ لیکن یکجہتی کا اظہار محض الفاظ تک محدود نہیں رہنا چاہیے، اسے جواب دہی کی صورت اختیار کرنی چاہیے۔ صحافیوں، مدیران اور ذرائع ابلاغ کے اداروں کو ان تمام افراد کو جواب دہ ٹھہرانا چاہیے جو آن لائن ہراسانی کو ممکن بناتے، اسے پھیلاتے یا اسے جائز قرار دیتے ہیں۔ اس میں صرف گمنام ٹرولز ہی نہیں بلکہ ہمارے اپنے شعبے کے ساتھی صحافی اور بااثر آوازیں بھی شامل ہیں۔
اس بات پر زور دینے کے لیے آپ کا شکریہ کہ خواتین صحافی عزت، تحفظ اور خوف و دباؤ کے بغیر کام کرنے کی آزادی کی حق دار ہیں۔
مجھے آپ کے بیان کا یہ حصہ خصوصی طور پر قابلِ تحسین لگا:
’’ہم اس بیان میں انفرادی طور پر ذمہ دار صحافیوں کے نام ظاہر نہیں کر رہے۔ اپنے اگلے بیان میں ہم نام لے کر ان کے طرزِ عمل کے شواہد پیش کریں گے۔ اگر ہم بدسلوکی کرنے والوں کی مذمت کرتے ہیں تو ہمیں اپنے ساتھی صحافیوں اور صحافتی برادری کو بھی اس وقت جواب دہ ٹھہرانا ہوگا جب ان کے اقدامات ہراسانی کو ممکن بناتے، اسے پھیلاتے یا اس کی حوصلہ افزائی کرتے ہیں۔ ہماری ذمہ داری محض گمنام ٹرولز کی نشاندہی کرنے پر ختم نہیں ہو سکتی۔‘‘
#AttackswontSilenceUs
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@RSF_inter @RSF_en @CPJAsia @IFJGlobal @ifjasiapacific @AmberRShamsi @DigitalRightsPK
The Network of Women Journalists for Digital Rights stands in solidarity with Asma Shirazi, Amber Rahim Shamsi, and all women journalists facing online abuse and gendered attacks.
Read the complete statement here: digitalrightsfoundation.pk/n…
@asmashirazi | @AmberRShamsi
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Press coverage: Roundtable on FCC verdict held at Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in collaboration with @womeninlawpk
Link:
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Digital evidence ko mehfooz rakhna bohat zaroori hai agar aap online harassment ya abuse ka samna kar rahe hain.
Hamari Digital Security Helpline muft, raazdari ke sath madad faraham karti hai. Aap is helpline par 0800-39393 ke zariye rabta kar sakte hain.
Junior Legal Associate Fazila Tariq attended a consultative session organised by the @WomenInLawPk and the @HRCP87 on the Federal Constitutional Court’s judgment in Usman Shahid v. Nadia Sarwar.
2/3 The session examined Court’s reading of the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, which requires conduct to be sexual in nature. Participants cautioned that this may limit protection against gender-based discrimination and other workplace mistreatment.
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