Nobel Peace Prize winner recognized for her advocacy of survivors of Yazidi genocide and worldwide victims of violence
Nadia Murad the human rights advocate show exposed ISIS’s ethnic cleansing of the Yazidi minority community in Iraq over five years ago said Saturday that justice can be a tool for accountability and deterrence in genocidal campaigns, but it must have a vision in order to be effective.
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Read MoreThe United Nations in Geneva hosted its first Young Activists Summit. The summit's theme was WOMEN AND GIRLS DRIVING PROGRESS, and Nadia spoke among a group of five other young female activists advocating for a better world - fighting to end child marriage, reduce plastic consumption, protect indigenous rights and land, and defend human rights.
Read MoreOn this Human Rights Day, I'd like to shed light on sexual violence—an important issue on which I have been working to raise awareness for several years. Five years ago, my life drastically changed when ISIL (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) invaded my hometown of Sinjar, Iraq, with the intention of committing genocide against the Yazidi people.
Read MoreAt the end of October 2019, Nobel Peace Prize laureates Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad launched a new initiative to assist the victims and survivors of sexual violence in conflict. The Global Survivors Fund is a mechanism that will provide survivors of conflict-related sexual violence with reparations and other forms of redress, especially where the perpetrators or states are unable or unwilling to do so.
Read More“Today, Nadia Murad is navigating without a chart, steering by the constellation of her people's dreams. An accidental leader facing questions she cannot answer. Will they have homes? Will there be justice?”
Read MoreOn September 24, Nadia Murad participated in the panel of the G7 Advisory Council for Equality between Women and Men at the French Consulate General in New York
Read MoreThis week, Nadia Murad attended an International Peace March and Forum in Sucre, Bolivia, the Ibero-American Capital of Peace. The march and forum addressed gender-based violence and called for an end to femicide and human trafficking.
Read MoreI want to thank Vice President Pence, Secretary Pompeo, Ambassador Brownback, and the United States Office of International Religious Freedom for organizing this important conference.
Read MoreOn Saturday night, the burning of large swathes of agricultural land in Sinjar district caused two casualties and heavy crop losses.
Read MoreReuters and Nadia’s Initiative held a training course for a group of Yazidi journalists in Duhok, Iraq.The training course took place at the American University in Kurdistan from April 22nd- 25th.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, April 23rd, Nadia Murad and the Nadia’s Initiative team attended the United Nations Security Council’s meeting on sexual violence in conflict. Nadia, her fellow Nobel Laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege, and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney addressed the council prior to a vote on a German-drafted resolution to reduce sexual violence in conflict and end rape as a weapon of war.
Read MoreAs a global advocate for survivors of sexual assault and genocide, as well as the co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, the Iraqi-born Murad was honored with this year’s International DVF Award.
Read MoreOn March 26th, Nadia Murad took part in the Stand, Speak, Rise Up conference – a platform for survivors and key actors to come together to end sexual violence in fragile environments.
Read More“Minister-President Geert Bourgeois and Chairman Jan Peumans had the honour of welcoming Nadia Murad in the Flemish Parliament on 25 March. Mrs. Murad spoke about her fight against sexual violence in conflict areas for which she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018. Minister-President Bourgeois expressed his support and awarded her NGO Nadia’s Initiative a grant of 250,000 euros.”
Read MoreDuring her recent trip to Iraq, Nobel Peace Laureate, UNODC Goodwill Ambassador, and Nadia’s Initiative president Nadia Murad met with several foreign dignitaries to discuss the plight of the Yazidis in Iraq.
Read MoreHuman rights advocates met Tuesday in Paris to discuss potential strategies leading industrial nations could employ to reduce violence and discrimination against women.
Read MoreAmbassador Kao stated that the $500,000 donation will be used to support “Nadia’s Initiative,” an international NGO dedicated to assisting the Yazidi people of Iraq that suffered genocide and religious persecution at the hands of ISIS.
Read MoreSexual violence as a weapon of war is not isolated to one conflict — it is a common tactic used around the world.
Read More“Thank you very much for this honor,” said Ms. Murad, 25, a Yazidi woman who was forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State, “but the fact remains that the only prize in the world that can restore our dignity is justice and the prosecution of criminals.”
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