After two weeks of siege, ISIS began systematic executions and enslavement in Kocho village on August 15, 2014. Read more about the Kocho massacre.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative is undertaking a survivor-centric approach to the redevelopment of Sinjar by prioritizing sensitive, holistic, and tangible support for survivors of sexual violence based on the needs they express.
Read MoreAs a part of our ongoing efforts to support Yazidi survivors of ISIS captivity and their families, Nadia’s Initiative is launching a new project to provide tangible support in the form of household goods, cash, and psychological support to hundreds of Yazidis survivors and their families.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative built Yazidi survivors of ISIS captivity a new home and provided them with household items so they can live in dignity and safety.
Read MoreGermany is the first country to try ISIS perpetrators for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and human trafficking. An Iraqi ISIS fighter and his wife are both being tried for crimes committed against the Yazidis.
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 MoreNadia Murad’s Washington Post Op-Ed: In 2014, a few months before the Islamic State attacked Sinjar in Iraq, extremists killed a young border patrolman named Ismail from my hometown of Kocho. After I had escaped my own enslavement at the hands of the Islamic State, I realized his death had been a sign of what was to come.
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 MoreI now know that I was born in the heart of the crimes committed against me.
Read MoreThere is no one on earth who has given us more courage…”Gloria Steinem interviews Nadia Murad on Women's International Day.
Read MoreIn December 2016, the Supreme Court of Germany authorised the issuance of an arrest warrant against an ISIS commander who is allegedly responsible for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated against the Yazidi minority in Syria and Iraq.
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