Last month, Nadia Murad spoke at the Inauguration of the Yazidi Genocide Memorial in Solagh, Sinjar. The memorial was built by Nadia’s Initiative in partnership with the International Organization for Migration in Iraq and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, to remember the 2014 genocide.
Read MoreNadia Murad met on Thursday with His Excellency Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region, Iraq (KRI). They discussed the topic of rescuing missing Yazidi women and children who are still in ISIS captivity throughout the region.
Read MoreNadia's Initiative ist tief besorgt über die jüngsten Abschiebungen von Jesiden aus Deutschland. Die Bundesregierung hat den 2014 vom IS durchgeführten Genozid an den Jesiden im Irak offiziell anerkannt. Dass jetzt ihre Entscheidung erfolgt, Flüchtlinge und Asylsuchende abzuschieben, ist daher besonders erschütternd. Wir fordern die deutsche Regierung auf, die Abschiebung von Jesiden unverzüglich zu stoppen und denjenigen, die im Land Zuflucht suchen, Asyl zu gewähren.
Read MoreNadia Murad opens Yazidi Genocide Memorial and implores Iraqi government to do more to help her community.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative (NI) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have recently completed the “Yazidi Genocide Memorial,” a monument to those who suffered and died at the hands of ISIS during the genocide, and a place of remembrance and healing for those families who were never reunited with their loved ones.
Read MoreThe doors at Sinuni General Hospital are open and the doctors and nurses are able to offer life-saving healthcare for over 70,000 people in the region.
Read MoreOn 15 September 2023, at the request of the Government of Iraq, the UN Security Council took a step backwards in the pursuit for justice for ISIS by adopting resolution 2697 (2023). The resolution ends the mandate of United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL (UNITAD) in one year, on 17 September 2024. It also requests a report from the UN Secretary-General in January and a road-map for termination from UNITAD in March 2024.
Read MoreNadia Murad and Amal Clooney issue joint press statement on renewal of UNITAD mandate.
Read MoreOn August 29, 2023, the Higher Regional Court of Munich affirmed the conviction of ISIS member ‘Jennifer W.’ and increased her sentence from 10 to 14 years imprisonment. The judges highlighted that the defendant neglected the Yazidi victims' human rights because of their religious beliefs and that in enslaving them she intentionally furthered ISIS’ policy of destroying the Yazidi religion – aggravating factors that have not been considered by the first instance court when deciding on the sentence.
Read MoreIt has been nine years since the Kocho massacre and the community still bears the trauma. Kocho community members deserve justice, support to rebuild, and memorialization initiatives to honor those who were lost and heal through collective remembrance.
Read MoreNadia Murad was interviewed by CNN's Christiane Amanpour to advocate for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence.
Read MoreToday the British government formally acknowledged the ISIS perpetrated acts of genocide against the Yazidi people nine years ago.
Read MoreNadia Murad met the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in Berlin to discuss the desperate plight of refugees across the world. Reiterating that there are now over 100 million displaced people globally, Ms. Murad stressed the importance of finding sustainable and safe long-term solutions.
Read MoreNadia Murad’s essay was published in “The Global Slavery Index 2023” from Walk Free.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative’s recent training program of nearly 500 volunteer teachers in Sinjar, funded by USAID, will mark the beginning of a new chapter in the lives of these teachers and their students.
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