REPRESENTATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN PAKISTANI NGO BLOGPOSTS: A FEMINIST CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

This study examines how Pakistani NGOs discuss violence against women in the official blogposts published on their dedicated spaces. I examined four blog entries published in 2025 by two organizations: Digital Rights Foundation and Aware Pakistan. Femicide, workplace harassment, online abuse, and threats against female journalists are all covered in these posts. There are three primary patterns in the analysis. First, these groups support their claims with data and legal citations. Secondly, they show women as active combatants instead of as helpless victims. Third, they hold patriarchal structures accountable for the violence rather than specific women. I looked at these authors' linguistic choices. Modal verbs provide the impression that something needs to be done. Male offenders are either hidden or emphasized by active and passive voice. Metaphors describe violence as a human rights violation, an epidemic, and a structural issue. A conflict is revealed by the findings. Women must be portrayed as victims in order to demonstrate harm. However, it must also present women as agents of empowerment. Pakistani feminist authors seek legitimacy by using legalese. At the same time they challenge institutional silence by sharing personal stories. We can better comprehend how advocacy functions in postcolonial Islamic contexts thanks to this research. It illustrates the interplay between regional patriarchal systems, global human rights frameworks, and indigenous feminist concepts.