Nighat Dad

inaugural member Oversight Board

Nighat Dad is an inaugural member of the Oversight Board. She is a lawyer, and is the founder of Digital Rights Foundation, a charity organisation focused on cyber harassment, data protection and free speech online in Pakistan and South Asia. As a feminist and pioneer for women's rights activism in Pakistan, she has raised awareness of Pakistani patriarchy and illuminated her own experience as a women engaged in digital rights activism. Her accomplishments include being named a Next Generation Leader by Time Magazine in 2015, the Dutch Human Rights Tulip Award in 2016, a TED Global Fellowship in 2017 and nomination as a Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum in 2018. Most recently, she was listed among 2019's 21 Young Leaders from Asia by Asia Society.

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