Ethical journalism, investigative reporting and digital rights
Two Washington Post reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, played a major role in bringing down President Richard Nixon, who resigned in August 1974,...
Indo-Pak conflict: online war-mongering
This blog has been written by Zeenat Khan, Member of DRF’s Network of Women Journalists for Digital Rights.
Perhaps more than most countries, Pakistan knows...
Increasing violence against transgenders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In Pakistan, parents react strongly when a transgender child is born, and in many cases they force their child to leave the home owing...
Women in Cyberspace
This blog has been written by Tanzeela Mazhar, Member of DRF’s Network of Women Journalists for Digital Rights.
Why do women not feel safe on...
Violence against women: Time to stop hysteria against naming and shaming of misogynists
This blog has been written by Sindhu Abbasi, Member of DRF’s Network of Women Journalists for Digital Rights.
How many times have you heard 'just...
Harassment of journalists: a continuing and worrying trend
Pakistan is one the most dangerous countries for journalists and when we talk about women journalists, they are faced with additional risks and threats...
Women, Woes, and Wonders: The Rise of Pakistani Feminist Digital Art on Instagram
By Areej Akhtar
Credits: Top, left to right, Shehzil Malik, Maliha Abidi, Areeba Siddique
Bottom, left to right, Samya Arif and Sabika Abbas, Emil Hasnain, Isma...
Feminist activism in digital spaces
With the advent of numerous social media platforms, people of all ages, class and dispositions have come together to form groups and individual connections,...
Does being a parliamentarian protect female politicians from online and offline harassment?
The ratio of women representation in the parliament of Pakistan is less than 25%. Women parliamentarians are often subjected to various forms of harassment....
The Vilification of Female Friendships
By Sabah Bano Malik
A few months ago, in a discussion during a fiction writing class, my fellow writers and I were examining a novel...
