Emaan Yasin Malik
Ethical AI Governance Fellow 2026
Emaan Yasin Malik is a human rights practitioner focused on digital rights, the protection of women and children, and the rights of minority communities. As Programme Coordinator at Pakistan's National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), she leads investigations into human rights abuses, including mob violence motivated by online hate speech, technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), and discrimination against minority communities in the labour market.
Emaan led Pakistan's first complaint cell for women journalists facing online harassment, and curates education and innovation experiences that bring together young people from different walks of life, faiths, and backgrounds to engage with technology, rights, and problem-solving. She is an organising committee member of the NetMission Academy and the Asia Pacific Youth Internet Governance Forum (APyIGF) 2026.
She is interested in moving beyond diagnosis to practical guidance: helping communities recognise and push back against AI-driven harms, and equipping state actors and civil society organisations to respond effectively.
About the project
"My fellowship project examines how AI is being used to harm minority communities, and how those harms can be reduced. It is a research and policy project on AI-enabled early warning systems for interfaith violence, directly informed by the Jaranwala Incident, where misinformation on social media catalysed mob violence against Christian communities.
It will also develop ethical governance frameworks for such systems, including safeguards against misuse, transparency requirements, and mechanisms for community oversight."