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It's not just about nudity warns actress - the complex reality of images and online abuse
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Social media companies and authorities are failing women by focusing on nudity rather than consent when dealing with image-based abuse, according to a new report by gender justice organisation Chayn.
Key facts
- Chayn conducted 64 interviews between July 2025 and February 2026 and participants spanned every major region of Pakistan as well as diaspora communities in the UK, Canada, Germany, Malaysia, the UAE
- The 32-year-old from Pakistan told BBC Global Women that she returned to her childhood home when her marriage broke down
- BBC Global Women approached Pakistan's National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency for comment and has not received a response
- She believes they should take down first, for 24 hours, pending review, and investigate
Summary
Its criticisms are backed by Pakistani actress Ayesha Omar, whose experiences, along with those of other women, are described in the findings. One of the women at the centre of the report, whose name has been changed to Mahnoor to protect her privacy, explains that the images that changed her life were not nude. The 32-year-old from Pakistan told BBC Global Women that she returned to her childhood home when her marriage broke down. It's been over a year and her father and brothers still have not spoken to her.