How Pakistani women are taking the internet back | Nighat Dad

翻译人员: Yan Gao 校对人员: Yang LI

Imagine waking up to a stranger --

想象一下，睡梦中醒来时 旁边有个陌生人——

sometimes multiple strangers --

有时是好几个陌生人——

questioning your right to existence

因为你在网上写的文字，

for something that you wrote online,

而质疑你的生存权，

waking up to an angry message,

醒来时面对一条愤怒的短信，

scared and worried for your safety.

害怕和担心自己的安全。

Welcome to the world of cyberharassment.

欢迎来到网络骚扰的世界。

The kind of harassment that women face in Pakistan is very serious

巴基斯坦女性面临的骚扰非常严重，

and leads to sometimes deadly outcomes.

有时会导致致命的后果。

This kind of harassment keeps women from accessing the internet --

这种骚扰使妇女无法上网——

essentially, knowledge.

从本质上讲，就无法获取知识。

It's a form of oppression.

这是一种压迫。

Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world,

巴基斯坦是世界第六人口大国，

with 140 million people having access to mobile technologies,

有1.4亿人可以使用移动技术，

and 15 percent internet penetration.

互联网普及率达到15%。

And this number doesn't seem to go down with the rise of new technologies.

随着新技术的兴起， 这个数字似乎还在攀升。

Pakistan is also the birthplace of the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner,

巴基斯坦也是最年轻的 诺贝尔和平奖得主

Malala Yousafzai.

马拉拉·优萨福扎伊的出生地。

But that's just one aspect of Pakistan.

但这只是巴基斯坦的一个方面。

Another aspect is where the twisted concept of honor

另一方面是，扭曲的荣誉概念

is linked to women and their bodies;

与妇女和她们的身体联系在一起；

where men are allowed to disrespect women

这里允许男性不尊重女性，

and even kill them sometimes

有时甚至以所谓"家族荣誉"的名义

in the name of so-called "family honor";

杀害她们；

where women are left to die right outside their houses

女人被扔在屋外等死，

for speaking to a man on a mobile phone,

只因为用手机与一个男人通话，

in the name of "family honor."

这样做的名义是“家族荣誉”。

Let me say this very clearly:

让我把这一点说清楚：

it's not honor;

这不是荣誉；

it's a cold-blooded murder.

这是冷血的谋杀。

I come from a very small village in Punjab, Pakistan,

我来自巴基斯坦旁遮普的 一个非常小的村庄，

where women are not allowed to pursue their higher education.

那里不允许妇女接受高等教育。

The elders of my extended family didn't allow their women

大家庭的长辈不允许家中女人

to pursue their higher education or their professional careers.

接受高等教育或从事任何职业。

However, unlike the other male guardians of my family,

然而，与家族的其他男性长者不同，

my father was one who really supported my ambitions.

我的父亲真心地支持 我的雄心壮志。

To get my law degree,

为了拿到法学学位，

of course, it was really difficult,

当然那很难，

and [there were] frowns of disapproval.

还有因不赞成而紧缩的眉头。

But in the end, I knew it's either me or them,

但最终，我知道， 要么选自己，要么选他们，

and I chose myself.

我选择了我自己。

(Applause)

（掌声）

My family's traditions and expectations for a woman

我的家族传统和对女人的期望

wouldn't allow me to own a mobile phone until I was married.

不允许我结婚前拥有手机。

And even when I was married,

即使在我结婚之后，

this tool became a tool for my own surveillance.

手机变成了监视我自己的工具。

When I resisted this idea of being surveilled by my ex-husband,

当我拒绝接受 前夫要监视我的想法时，

he really didn't approve of this

他绝不同意，

and threw me out of his house,

并把我和六个月大的儿子阿卜杜拉

along with my six-month-old son, Abdullah.

一起赶出了他的房子。

And that was the time when I first asked myself, "Why?

那是我第一次问自己：“为什么？

Why are women not allowed to enjoy the same equal rights

为什么不让妇女享有

《宪法》规定的同样平等权利？

enshrined in our Constitution?

While the law states that a woman has the same equal access

既然法律规定妇女有

同样的平等机会获取信息，

to the information,

why is it always men -- brothers, fathers and husbands --

但为什么总是要男人—— 兄弟、父亲和丈夫——

who are granting these rights to us,

来赐予我们这些权利，

effectively making the law irrelevant?"

而让法律变得形同虚设？”

So I decided to take a step,

所以我决定采取行动，

instead of keep questioning these patriarchal structures

而不只是继续质疑

这些父权制结构和社会规范。

and societal norms.

And I founded the Digital Rights Foundation in 2012

我在2012年成立了 数字权利基金会，

to address all the issues and women's experiences in online spaces

以解决网络空间中 女性遇到的问题和经历，

以及网络骚扰。

and cyberharassment.

From lobbying for free and safe internet

从游说争取自由且安全的互联网，

to convincing young women

到说服年轻女性相信

that access to the safe internet is their fundamental, basic, human right,

使用安全的互联网 是她们的基本人权，

I'm trying to play my part in igniting the spark

我正在努力发挥自己的作用，

to address the questions that have bothered me all these years.

燃起星火以求解决这些年来 困扰我的问题。

With a hope in my heart,

我心中怀着希望，

and to offer a solution to this menace,

为了解决这一威胁，

I started Pakistan's and the region's first cyberharassment help line

我设立了巴基斯坦及地区的 第一条网络骚扰求助热线，

in December 2016 --

2016年12月开通——

(Applause)

(掌声)

to extend my support to the women who do not know who to turn to

向那些在网上面临严重威胁时

不知向谁求助的女性 伸出援手。

when they face serious threats online.

I think of the women who do not have the necessary support

我想到的是那些 在网上感到不安全时

to deal with the mental trauma when they feel unsafe in online spaces,

没有必要的支持来 应对精神创伤的女性，

and they go about their daily activities,

她们每天忙忙碌碌，

thinking that there is a rape threat in their in-box.

还要担心收件箱里的强暴威胁。

Safe access to the internet is an access to knowledge,

安全上网就是通向知识之路，

and knowledge is freedom.

知识就是自由。

When I fight for women's digital rights,

当我为妇女的网络权利而战时，

I'm fighting for equality.

我为平等而战。

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

（掌声）