Gender-Based Violence in Pakistan's Digital Spaces

Shirin Naseer, Cameran Ashraf

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

The provisions of United Nations’ Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) provisions and the CEDAW Committee’s recommendations expand on the theoretical and practical ways in which countries can combat gender-based discrimination. In Pakistan, the digitisation of women and feminist collectives and their experience of violent misogyny on the internet accentuates the weakness of the country’s internet security mechanisms. This study utilises the human rights framework of CEDAW to assess the performance of Pakistan’s internet security mechanisms, and highlights the state’s obligations towards women’s digital safety. Informed by the CEDAW’s provisions and the Committee’s contributions, this paper provides recommendations to combat gender-based violence and improve Pakistan’s internet security mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)29-50
Number of pages22
JournalFeminist Legal Studies
Volume30
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2022

Keywords

  • CEDAW
  • Digital activism
  • Human rights
  • Internet violence
  • Pakistan
  • Women's rights

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