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Outraged by the Attacks on Yazidis? It Is Time to Help.

Nadia Murad’s New York Times Op-Ed: Three years ago I was one of thousands of Yazidi women kidnapped by the Islamic State and sold into slavery. I endured rape, torture and humiliation at the hands of multiple militants before I escaped.

Advocacy, Nadia's Op-EdGuest UserFebruary 10, 2018Ninewa, Iraq, Sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative

“How to approach a memoir of a war still being waged.”

Despite recent gains against ISIS in Iraq, many Yazidis still remain in captivity. As a story that hasn’t yet ended, “The Last Girl” is difficult to process.

AdvocacyadminJanuary 21, 2018Ninewa, Iraq, Sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative

Sundance Film Festival to premiere ON HER SHOULDERS

Sundance Film Festival announces screening times for ON HER SHOULDERS, co-produced by Uncommon Union’s co-founder.

Related News, AdvocacyadminJanuary 13, 2018Ninewa, Iraq, Sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative

Nadia met British Home Secretary Amber Rudd MP and MP Robert Jenrick

Nadia's Initiative team members Nadia Murad, Abid Shamdeen and Elizabeth Schaeffer Brown meet with British Home Secretary Amber Rudd MP and MP Robert Jenrick.

AdvocacyadminNovember 23, 2017Iraq, sinjar, Ninewa, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative

General Assembly President at a Panel discussion with Gloria Steinem and Nadia Murad on her fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

I now know that I was born in the heart of the crimes committed against me.

AdvocacyadminNovember 13, 2017sinjar, Iraq, Ninewa, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, isis

Nadia Murad Basee discussed how sexual violence & human trafficking are used as tactics of terror The Council of Foreign Relations.

Watch at Council on Foreign Relations.

AdvocacyadminNovember 13, 2017Iraq, Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, sinjar, Ninewa

"The President of the France affirmed his support for the Yezidi cause and the courageous struggle led by Nadia Murad."

Nadia met with President Marcon on November 5, 2017, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Nadia briefed the President on a number of issues, including; her personal story and the struggle of thousands of women who were taken captive by ISIS in 2014.

‘Slow, painful death of Yazidi woman’s body and soul while enslaved by the Islamic State

In “The Last Girl,” Nadia Murad tells the story of her captivity along with other members of her Yazidi village of Kocho. It is an intimate account of what she calls “a slow, painful death — of the body and the soul.”

AdvocacyadminNovember 5, 2017Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative

Iraq seeks international help to investigate Islamic State crimes

Britain, international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad, a woman from the Yazidi religious minority who was enslaved and raped by Islamic State fighters in Mosul, have been pushing Iraq to allow a U.N. inquiry.

Advocacy, Related NewsadminAugust 17, 2017sinjar, Ninewa, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, ISIS Trial, genocide conviction, Sinjar

Commemorating the Third Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Yazidis

Today, 3 August 2017, marks the third anniversary of the genocide against the Yazidi.

AdvocacyadminAugust 2, 2017Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Yazidi Genocide

Demi Lovato, Nadia Murad, and ‘Syria’s Malala’ Demand Justice for Refugees at Global Citizen Festival Hamburg

“We must stand with every child who is uprooted by war, violence and poverty and climate change.”

AdvocacyadminJuly 8, 2017Ninewa, sinjar, Iraq, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, germany

Hamburg "Day of Exile”

“ It was my great honor to sponsor and participate in the opening ceremony of the Hamburg "Day of Exile”.

AdvocacyadminJune 15, 2017Iraq, Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, sinjar, Ninewa, germany

A Meeting with his Holiness Pope Francis

I am blessed to be in one of the most peaceful places, The Holy See, where I met his Holiness Pope Francis during the Wednesday General Audience, 3rd May 2017.

AdvocacyadminMay 8, 2017sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, Ninewa, Pope Francis, Vatican

Nadia Murad visit to Stanford University

Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and UNODC GoodWill Ambassador, and Yazda President Haider Elias spoke at the annual Stanford Global Studies student dinner on April 17.

AdvocacyadminMay 3, 2017sinjar, Iraq, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Ninewa

Help us Call on the UN Human Rights Commissioner

Call on the UN Human Rights Commissioner to establish a Commission of Inquiry that collects evidence on crimes perpetrated by ISIS.

AdvocacyadminApril 25, 2017Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative

Yazidi genocide survivor Nadia Murad recounts her escape from ISIS capture

“My story is just one story among thousands of Yazidi families,” said Nadia Murad, a human rights activist who was formerly held captive by the Islamic State.

AdvocacyadminApril 21, 2017sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, Ninewa

Yazidi woman, enslaved by ISIS, shares her story of survival

“They did every bad thing they could do to me,” says Shireen Ibrahim

Related News, AdvocacyadminApril 10, 2017Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, ISIS Captivity

Amal Clooney calls for collection of evidence of ISIS atrocities

Amal Clooney calls for collection of evidence of ISIS atrocities.

AdvocacyadminApril 7, 2017Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, Amal Clooney

Amal Clooney and her client Nadia Murad tell Fareed about the atrocities ISIS committed against Nadia and her Yazidi community

Amal Clooney and her client on ISIS brutality.

AdvocacyadminMarch 19, 2017Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Amal Clooney

Nadia Murad and Amal Clooney appeal to the UN to not let Daesh “get away with genocide.”

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney urged Iraq and the world’s nations on Thursday not to let the Islamic State extremist group “get away with genocide.”

AdvocacyadminMarch 14, 2017Iraq, Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, sinjar, Ninewa, Amal Clooney

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