More than 200 women lawyers gathered in Peshawar for the fifth annual conference to confront the rising challenge of Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) and shape practical responses within Pakistan’s legal framework.
The gathering was funded by the European Union in Pakistan under the Deliver Justice Project and hosted by UNDP in Pakistan together with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy, bringing practitioners from across the province to exchange experience and tools for the digital era.
Participants emphasised training, procedural reform and inter-agency coordination so that women lawyers can more effectively represent survivors and pursue remedies for harms committed online. The conference highlighted how rapidly justice systems must adapt as offences increasingly exploit technology.
For Peshawar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, strengthening the capacity of women lawyers bolsters access to justice for women and marginalised groups and helps ensure no one is left behind as legal challenges move into digital spaces. Continued collaboration with international partners was underscored as essential to sustain progress.
Attendees left with renewed commitment to build digital capacity, improve legal responses to TFGBV and work across the bar, judiciary and development partners to protect rights in the digital age.
