“ISIS destroyed our farms and stole all our agricultural and household possessions. Despite this, we did not give up and decided to live on our destroyed farms without having any basic necessities.After a period of struggling, we received support from Nadia’s Initiative. The Initiative brought life back to the region.”
Read MoreThe UAE has announced a grant of AED 9.2 million (USD 2.5 million) to Nadia Murad's organization, Nadia’s Initiative, to develop comprehensive potable water, sanitation, and hygiene projects in Sinjar, Iraq.
Read MoreNadia's Initiative recently completed rebuilding Tal Qasab Primary School, thanks to support from the Government of Flanders and implementing partner Sunrise NGO.
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 MoreNovember 18th - 22nd is International Education Week! Education is one of our organization's main focus areas, and we have been rehabilitating / building multiple schools in the Sinjar region.
Read MoreIn September 2019, Nadia’s Initiative - with implementing partner Dorcas Aid International - began the official implementation of our Farming and Livelihoods project made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative, along with implementing partner La Chaîne de l'Espoir (CDE), has officially begun building an Operating Theater in the existing Sinjar Primary Health Care Center.
Read MoreIn partnership with Nadia's Initiative, USAID is working with local NGO Youth Bridge Organization to rehabilitate the Wardiya Primary School so it can reopen its doors to Sinjar’s students.
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 MoreNadia’s Initiative, as part of its efforts to restore life and reconstruct the Sinjar area, has begun building a new primary school with implementing partner the Eyzidi Organization for Documentation.
Read MoreNadia Murad spoke at the G7 summit this past weekend, representing the independent council on gender equality. French president Emanuel Macron invited Ms. Murad to address G7 leaders.
Read MoreToday, France is taking in 31 Yezidi women who were victims of Daesh [so-called ISIL], together with their children.
Read MoreNadia Murad’s Washington Post Op-Ed: Five years ago, Islamic State fighters invaded my ancestral homeland of Sinjar, Iraq, and waged a systematic ethnic-cleansing campaign against the Yazidi community. Their campaign included mass executions, forced religious conversions and widespread sexual violence.
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 MoreWartime sexual violence has become a significant aspect of today’s conflicts, affecting people across age and gender. Perpetrators often go unpunished and survivors do not get the support and redress that they need. What needs to be done to change this situation and where do we start?
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