Hello! I'm Faiza.

I'm a friendly chatbot on Facebook Messenger, here to make it easier to talk about violence against women. Together, we can learn how to spot signs of abuse, or I can aslo help you find help in your area.

In Pakistan, domestic violence takes place in up to 80% of all households, with 53% of teenage girls believing that domestic violence is justified.

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How it works

Please note: Faiza is not an emergency service.

Say "hello" to start chatting.

Faiza asks you some quick questions to localize your content. All content is available in English, Urdu, and Urdu audio.

Get guided information.

With Faiza, you can take a look at how to spot different types of abuse, information about the legal system, and building safety plans.

Access local resources.

We’ll connect you with help in your area, including legal support, hotlines, and shelters.

Meet the team!

Shifra Khan
I was born and raised in Karachi 🇵🇰 I'm now 18 and living in Toronto. Most recently, I was on a team building a public health intervention with the Jigawa State Government in Nigeria. Prior to that, I was feature engineering as a Data Analyst at CIBC, one of Canada's largest banks, on the Advanced Analytics team. I started off as the youngest intern at KPMG Canada, building an internal tool for the Cyber Risk team. I’ve also controlled a 3D-printed car with my brainwaves.

Gracelyn Shi
I'm a 17-year-old machine developer from Canada 🤖. Previously, I was a Junior Strategist on the Enterprise Analytics team at CIBC working on a internal client analytics system. My past projects include a machine learning model to detect malaria and a bioinformatics project to predict homologous recombination in breast cancer genomes. I have spoken at international conferences such as the RE•WORK Deep Learning Summit and CASCON x Evoke by IBM on my work.

Thank you to our (wonderful) mentors:

Madiha Latif, Farva Minhas, Uzma Aftab, Emma Koster, Afiya Zia, Saba Khalid, Nadia Tariq Ali, Ali Zafar, Anbreen Ajaib, Nida Usman Chaudhary