Nadia's Initiative and the Global Survivors Fund are pioneering the implementation of an interim reparations program for Yazidi survivors of ISIS captivity that will respond to livelihoods, educational, psychosocial, medical needs, and more.
Read MoreThis week, Nadia Murad met with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. They discussed combating sexual violence in conflict zones, the missing Yazidi women and children, the need for sustainable solutions for Yazidis in Iraq, and holding ISIS accountable.
Read MoreOn International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide, Nadia’s Initiative honors our commitment to supporting the Yazidi community through rebuilding Sinjar, investing in survivors, improving regional security, and holding ISIS perpetrators accountable for their crimes.
Read MoreRead Nadia Murad’s statement on her recent trip to Lithuania, including her visit with Lithuanian government officials and Yazidi refugees in border camps.
Read MoreRead Nadia Murad and Amal Clooney’s joint statement on the conviction of ISIS militant Taha AJ in a German Court.
Read MoreOn November 2nd, Nadia’s Initiative’s Executive Director, Abid Shamdeen, met with members of the United States National Security Council to discuss the ongoing plight of the Yazidi community in Iraq.
Read MoreOn November 3rd, 2021, Nadia Murad was honored with the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance. She is the 14th recipient to receive the award since it was first presented at UC Merced's grand opening Sept. 5, 2005.
Read MoreOn October 26, 2021, Nadia Murad testified before the US Senate Human Rights Caucus, presided by Senators Chris Coons and Thom Tillis. The event focused on encouraging US policy makers to respond to sexual violence in conflict around the world and create safeguards to prevent the repetition of this atrocity.
Read MoreWashington, D.C. (October 26, 2021) - Yesterday, a German court convicted ISIS member Jennifer W. for the enslavement and abuse of a Yazidi woman and her five-year-old daughter that resulted in the young girl’s death. With its fifth conviction of an ISIS member for crimes against humanity committed against Yazidis, Germany strongly demonstrated its commitment to holding perpetrators accountable for the Yazidi Genocide and delivering long-awaited justice for the Yazidi community.
Read MorePolicymakers, civil society organizations, and activists gathered at a UNGA high-level side event to discuss how to ensure effective implementation of the reparations program for survivors of sexual violence in Iraq that was outlined by the Yazidi Female Survivors Law.
Read MoreNadia Murad joined leaders and fellow survivors on September 27, 2021 at the Reparations for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Status and Prospects event hosted by the Global Survivors Fund.
Read MoreAt the “Women in Conflicts” discussion hosted by the European Council and Mukwege Foundation, Nadia Murad called for a codified plan to prevent sexual violence in conflict before it occurs.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative commends the recent judgment of the French Supreme Court, which approved charges against a French multinational company, LafargeHolcim SA (‘Lafarge’), for complicity in crimes against humanity committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other armed groups in Syria.
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Read MoreOn September 14, 2021, and as the 76th session of the UN General Assembly opens, over 80 organisations and experts, in a joint letter, called upon several world leaders to ensure the missing Yazidi women and children are located and reunited with their families.
Read More“I believe in the strength of Afghan women, girls, and ethnic minorities. But they cannot stand up against the Taliban on their own…The world should put more pressure on the Taliban before it’s too late to end sexual violence against women in Afghanistan,” Nadia shared.
Read MoreAt the Vatican on August 26, 2021, Nadia Murad met privately with His Holiness Pope Francis to discuss the state of religious minorities in Iraq, especially those like the Yazidis who suffered greatly at the hands of ISIS.
Read MoreNadia Murad’s CNN Op-Ed: Thoughts and prayers. Promises of "never again." They are not enough. Seven years after ISIS committed genocide against the Yazidi community, my ethno-religious minority, in Iraq, hundreds of thousands of people remain internally displaced and more than 2,800 women and children remain missing.
Read MoreAfter two weeks of siege, ISIS began systematic executions and enslavement in Kocho village on August 15, 2014. Read more about the Kocho massacre.
Read MoreISIS was not the first group to target the Yazidi community, and many fear it will not be the last. In 2007, coordinated car bombings were used to attack Yazidi communities in Tel Azeer and Aljzeera. Read more about the August 14th attacks.
Read More“I hope we help each other and the world helps us to rescue the missing Yazidis because they have been in captivity for 7 years.” Learn more about Markz’s vision for the future.
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