Stop Violence in Digital Spaces
In Pakistan and across many developing regions, women and girls continue to face violence, discrimination, and exclusion, both offline and online. The rapid growth of digital connectivity has opened doors to education, communication, and opportunity, but it has also created new forms of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) that threaten women’s safety and dignity in virtual environments.
According to UN Women (2023), more than six in ten women worldwide have experienced online violence, and NCSW Pakistan (2023) reports that a large majority of Pakistani women feel unsafe using digital platforms. These digital forms of GBV include cyber-harassment, stalking, image-based abuse (“revenge porn”), doxxing (sharing private information), online blackmail, impersonation, hate speech, trolling, threats, gendered misinformation, and the non-consensual sharing of personal content. Survivors of such violence often remain silent due to stigma, fear, and limited access to justice or psychosocial support. At the Gender-Based Violence Digital Rights and Research Network (GBV-DRRN), we are determined to break this silence and build a society where digital spaces are safe, inclusive, and empowering for every woman and girl. GBV-DRRN works through research, advocacy, education, and community partnerships to prevent and respond to all forms of gender-based violence in digital spaces.
UNFPA is on the ground in over 150 countries, supporting the most vulnerable with life-saving services. Donate to UNFPA:
- We Train youth, educators, and professionals on online safety, digital ethics, and gender equality.
- Support survivors through counseling, legal referral networks, and digital security guidance.
- Advocate for stronger cybercrime laws, gender-sensitive policies, and survivor-centered justice systems.
- Conduct research to generate data-driven insights that guide national and global policy reform.
- As highlighted by UNFPA (2024), ensuring women’s digital safety and bodily autonomy is essential to achieving gender equality and sustainable development.
- As highlighted by UNFPA (2024), ensuring women’s digital safety and bodily autonomy is essential to achieving gender equality and sustainable development.
Your Support Can Make a Difference
- So survivors of digital and physical GBV can access psychosocial counseling, legal aid, and safe reporting channels
- So women and girls gain digital literacy, privacy skills, and tools to protect their identities online.
- So families and communities are empowered to recognize, prevent, and respond to cyber-violence and online exploitation.
- So educators, policymakers, and youth can champion ethical and equitable use of technology.
- So researchers and advocates can influence laws, practices, and narratives that ensure safer digital futures for all
- Together, we can build a Pakistan — and a digital world — rooted in dignity, equality, and zero tolerance for violence. Join us.
- So researchers and advocates can influence laws, practices, and narratives that ensure safer digital futures for all
A Call to Donors: Your Support Can Change the Digital Future
Every day, university students, especially young women, face digital abuse that destroys confidence, impacts mental health, and disrupts their education. But this crisis is invisible, under-reported, and dangerously overlooked. Your contribution can change that. By supporting GBV DRRN, you are not just funding a project, you are protecting a generation. Your donation helps us raise awareness, build reporting systems, conduct groundbreaking research, and create safer digital environments across Pakistan’s universities. Students deserve safety. They deserve dignity. They deserve hope. Partner with us today and help protect young lives before they suffer in silence.
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Executive Director
Mr Jalal khan
Associate Professor, BINHS
Jalal Khan, Associate Professor and Founder of GBV-DRRN, is a leading researcher and advocate working to prevent gender-based violence, with a special focus on technology-facilitated GBV. A graduate of the Aga Khan University (BScN, MScN), he received a WHO Research Fellowship Award for his work in SRHR and earned a Distinction from AKU-SONAM. He also served as a member of the 17th Federal Youth Parliament Pakistan, representing NA-7, where he advocated for youth empowerment, digital safety, health equity, and gender justice. With multiple publications and community-level initiatives, he is committed to building safer digital spaces and empowering youth across Pakistan
Executive Director
Mr Jalal khan
Associate Professor, BINHS
Jalal Khan, Associate Professor and Founder of GBV-DRRN, is a leading researcher and advocate working to prevent gender-based violence, with a special focus on technology-facilitated GBV. A graduate of the Aga Khan University (BScN, MScN), he received a WHO Research Fellowship Award for his work in SRHR and earned a Distinction from AKU-SONAM. He also served as a member of the 17th Federal Youth Parliament Pakistan, representing NA-7, where he advocated for youth empowerment, digital safety, health equity, and gender justice. With multiple publications and community-level initiatives, he is committed to building safer digital spaces and empowering youth across Pakistan
Frequently Asked Questions
Your donation directly supports our work to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV) in digital and physical spaces across Pakistan. Contributions help fund:
Awareness and digital literacy campaigns for women, youth, and communities.
Research and policy development on cyber-harassment, stalking, image-based abuse, and online exploitation.
Survivor support services, including psychosocial counseling, legal referrals, and digital security guidance.
Training programs for educators, nurses, and professionals on digital safety and gender equality.
Every donation is used transparently to strengthen GBV-DRRN’s ongoing projects, partnerships, and outreach in vulnerable communities.
GBV-DRRN uses a verified payment systems to ensure all donations are processed securely. Whether you donate through our official website or verified crowdfunding platforms, your financial information remains protected and confidential. We never share, sell, or disclose donor data with any third party.
Your privacy matters to us. Personal data such as your name, email, or contact number is used only for communication, donation receipts, and project updates (if you opt-in).
GBV-DRRN complies with Pakistan’s Personal Data Protection Bill (2023) and international data ethics standards. We do not store or share sensitive financial details.
Yes. GBV-DRRN is a non-profit organization registered under Section 42 of the Companies Act 2017, Government of Pakistan.
Once our tax exemption and PCP (Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy) certification are finalized, all domestic donations will qualify for tax-deductible status as per FBR regulations. Updates will be posted on our website once formal approval is granted.
Absolutely. You may pause or cancel your recurring donation at any time by contacting our support team via email at donor@gbvdrrn.org.
We believe in transparency and donor freedom, your contribution is always voluntary, and you are free to adjust or discontinue it whenever you choose
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