Digital Rights Foundation founded by Pakistani digital rights activist Nighat Dad is changing the nation

Founder of Pakistan’s Digital Rights Foundation, Nighat Dad has been nominated for Government of Netherlands’ Human Rights Tulip award. The Human Rights Tulip is awarded annually by the Netherlands minister of Foreign Affairs on behalf of the Dutch government, to an individual or organisation with a courageous and innovative way of promoting human rights. The aim…

From Digital Rights Foundation:

Nighat Dad is the Executive Director of Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan. She is an accomplished lawyer and a human rights activist.Nighat Dad is one of the pioneers who have been campaigning around access to open internet in Pakistan and globally. She has been actively campaigning and engaging at a policy level on issues focusing on Internet Freedom, Women and technology, Digital Security and Women’s empowerment. Ms.Dad has been recently included in Next Generation Leaders List by TIME’s magazine for her work on helping women fight online harassment.

She tweets at @nighatdad