{"id":55898,"date":"2025-12-05T06:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=55898"},"modified":"2025-12-05T06:34:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:34:59","slug":"over-85-women-lawyers-unite-against-online-abuse-at-the-2nd-annual-women-lawyers-conference-in-quetta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/over-85-women-lawyers-unite-against-online-abuse-at-the-2nd-annual-women-lawyers-conference-in-quetta\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 85 women lawyers unite against online abuse at the 2nd\u00a0Annual Women Lawyers Conference in Quetta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55899\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Online-Abuse-Quetta-scaled-e1764916049530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" \/> Quetta \/ Balochistan : 4 Dec 2025 &#8211;\u00a0 <\/strong>After a resounding success in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under the European Union (EU) funded \u2018Deliver Justice Project\u2019, the Balochistan Bar Council\u00a0 and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partnered to bring the second annual Women Lawyers Conference to Balochistan, gathering over 85 women lawyers from across the province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commemorating 16 Days of Activism against online abuse, this year, the Conference discussed the challenges and opportunities for \u201cWomen Practicing Law in the Digital Era and the Age of AI\u201d with a special focus on Technology Facilitated Gender Based Violence (TFGBV). TFGBV is gender-based violence that is perpetrated through phones, social media, or other digital spaces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Mr. Rahib Khan Buledi, Vice Chairperson, Balochistan Bar Council<\/strong>, took this opportunity to underline that, \u201cThe annual Women Lawyers Conference has become a key platform aligning the needs of women as users and service providers of the justice system with the Bar Council\u2019s efforts. This year\u2019s theme strengthens the Conference\u2019s role in preparing women lawyers for emerging risks, digital realities, and new avenues of legal practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He thanked the EU and the UNDP for their steadfast partnership in making the justice sector safer and more accessible for women.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"X7yDJQH8x7\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/no-excuse-to-online-abuse-female-ambassadors-serving-in-islamabad-gather-to-raise-awareness\/\">No Excuse to Online Abuse ! Female Ambassadors Serving in Islamabad Gather to Raise Awareness<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;No Excuse to Online Abuse ! Female Ambassadors Serving in Islamabad Gather to Raise Awareness&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/no-excuse-to-online-abuse-female-ambassadors-serving-in-islamabad-gather-to-raise-awareness\/embed\/#?secret=OgRZRRZwtA#?secret=X7yDJQH8x7\" data-secret=\"X7yDJQH8x7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>The Conference included an orientation session on the preliminary findings of UNDP\u2019s diagnostic research on TFGBV, raising awareness about online abuse targeting women, girls, and marginalized groups. This was followed by a panel discussion on \u2018Confronting TFGBV\u2019 led by Mr. Zulfiqar Durrani, Head of UNDP Sub-Office Balochistan, with panelists Ms. Sabira Islam, former Ombudsperson, Balochistan; Mr. Sardar Qadeer, Advocate, Sardar Qadeer Law Associates; Ms. Fauzia Shaheen, ex-Chairperson, Balochistan Commission on the Status of Women; and Ms. Farzana Khilji, Advocate. Discussions focused on the nature of TFGBV cases, gaps in the legal framework, evidence collection, and steps to create safer online spaces for women, girls, and marginalized groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulating the Balochistan Bar Council, and UNDP on milestones achieved under the EU-funded \u2018Deliver Justice Project,\u2019 <strong>Mr. Jeroen Willems, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation<\/strong> to Pakistan, highlighted, \u201cAI and ICT bring many advantages, but they also introduce challenges and pitfalls such as Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV).\u00a0 We are proud to support women lawyers to address these challenges, strengthen access to justice, enhance representation, and break long-standing barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the close of the Conference, women lawyers agreed on recommendations to build safer workplaces and a justice sector equipped to meet the emerging challenges in the age of AI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ms. Van Nguyen, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP Pakistan,<\/strong> shared a special message for women lawyers. \u201cLet this gathering not end in words \u2013 let it end in commitment. Commitment to challenge injustice wherever it lives and to stand beside every woman whose voice still waits to be heard.\u201d She thanked the Balochistan Bar Council for supporting women\u2019s advancement and the EU for joining UNDP on this journey.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IUtKJp25rR\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-march-2025\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 March 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 March 2025&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-march-2025\/embed\/#?secret=vJ3oFAfK97#?secret=IUtKJp25rR\" data-secret=\"IUtKJp25rR\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quetta \/ Balochistan : 4 Dec 2025 &#8211;\u00a0 After a resounding success in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under the European Union (EU) funded \u2018Deliver Justice Project\u2019, the Balochistan Bar Council\u00a0 and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partnered to bring the second annual Women Lawyers Conference to Balochistan, gathering over 85 women lawyers from across the province. 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