Nadia Murad and the Nadia’s Initiative team are excited to announce the official opening of the new Operating Theater and Maternity Ward in the existing Sinjar Hospital. As part of Nadia’s Initiative’s plans to provide emergency medical services to returnees and residents of the Sinjar region, the Operating Theater officially opened on February 4th. Access…
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As we enter 2020, the year ahead is full of so much promise and opportunity to make the world a better, safer place. My hope for this year is that Nadia’s Initiative will continue to grow in our programs and our impact so that children and families have the opportunity to rebuild their lives…
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Historic alliance of 2,020 campaigners unite to issue an open letter demanding world leaders tackle the emergency facing people and planet Signatories include world-leading activists and campaigners from Dr. Jane Goodall DBE and Malala Yousafzai, to leaders of movements including Patrisse Cullors, Black Lives Matter; Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, Bring Back Our Girls; Tarana Burke…
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Nadia’s Initiative has built a new primary school in Bahrava village, Sinjar. The previous school in Bahrava village was built with mud walls that were destroyed during the 2014 ISIS attacks.
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In 2014, my life changed forever when ISIS invaded my home region of Sinjar and began ethnically cleansing Iraq of all Yezidis. They killed approximately 5,000 of us and took over 6,400, mostly women and children, into captivity, many as sexual slaves…
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Nadia’s Initiative recently rehabilitated Al Qurtaba Primary School in Dogri Complex, Sinjar. Access to quality education is a major concern for Yazidi returnees to Sinjar. This is why we work to create a positive learning environment that enables students in the region to thrive.
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“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.”
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The 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.
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Nadia's Initiative recently completed rebuilding Tal Qasab Primary School, thanks to support from the Government of Flanders and implementing partner Sunrise NGO.
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The 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.
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On 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.
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November 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.
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In 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).
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Nadia’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.
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In 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.
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On 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
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This 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.
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Nadia’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.
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Nadia 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.
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Today, France is taking in 31 Yezidi women who were victims of Daesh [so-called ISIL], together with their children.
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