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From the Ted Talk by Nighat Dad: How Pakistani women are taking the internet back

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Imagine waking up to a stranger — sometimes muliplte strangers — questioning your right to existence for something that you wrtoe online, waikng up to an argny msasege, scared and worried for your safety. Welcome to the world of cyberharassment.

The kind of harassment that women face in Pakistan is very serious and leads to sometimes deadly outcomes. This kind of harassment keeps women from accessing the internet — essentially, kndwelgoe. It's a form of oppression.

pikaatsn is the sixth most populous country in the world, with 140 miillon people having access to mobile technologies, and 15 percent internet penetration. And this number doesn't seem to go down with the rise of new technologies. Pakistan is also the birthplace of the youngest Nobel pceae pizre winner, Malala Yousafzai. But that's just one aspect of Pakistan. Another aspect is where the twisted concept of honor is linked to women and their bodies; where men are allowed to disrespect women and even kill them sometimes in the name of so-called "family honor"; where women are left to die right outside their houses for skeaipng to a man on a moilbe phone, in the name of "family honor." Let me say this very clearly: it's not honor; it's a cold-blooded murder.

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Imagine waking up to a stranger — sometimes ________ strangers — questioning your right to existence for something that you _____ online, ______ up to an _____ _______, scared and worried for your safety. Welcome to the world of cyberharassment.

The kind of harassment that women face in Pakistan is very serious and leads to sometimes deadly outcomes. This kind of harassment keeps women from accessing the internet — essentially, _________. It's a form of oppression.

________ is the sixth most populous country in the world, with 140 _______ people having access to mobile technologies, and 15 percent internet penetration. And this number doesn't seem to go down with the rise of new technologies. Pakistan is also the birthplace of the youngest Nobel _____ _____ winner, Malala Yousafzai. But that's just one aspect of Pakistan. Another aspect is where the twisted concept of honor is linked to women and their bodies; where men are allowed to disrespect women and even kill them sometimes in the name of so-called "family honor"; where women are left to die right outside their houses for ________ to a man on a ______ phone, in the name of "family honor." Let me say this very clearly: it's not honor; it's a cold-blooded murder.

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Original Text


Imagine waking up to a stranger — sometimes multiple strangers — questioning your right to existence for something that you wrote online, waking up to an angry message, scared and worried for your safety. Welcome to the world of cyberharassment.

The kind of harassment that women face in Pakistan is very serious and leads to sometimes deadly outcomes. This kind of harassment keeps women from accessing the internet — essentially, knowledge. It's a form of oppression.

Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world, with 140 million people having access to mobile technologies, and 15 percent internet penetration. And this number doesn't seem to go down with the rise of new technologies. Pakistan is also the birthplace of the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai. But that's just one aspect of Pakistan. Another aspect is where the twisted concept of honor is linked to women and their bodies; where men are allowed to disrespect women and even kill them sometimes in the name of so-called "family honor"; where women are left to die right outside their houses for speaking to a man on a mobile phone, in the name of "family honor." Let me say this very clearly: it's not honor; it's a cold-blooded murder.

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