We must protect women from sexual violence during coronavirus lockdown and beyond

Nadia Murad’s Thomson Reuters Foundation Op-Ed: Women are often on the frontlines of those most vulnerable during crisis situations. They are targets of gender-based violence (GBV) in war, conflict, economic crises, disasters, pandemics, and in their everyday environments.

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Joint NGO Statement: Humanitarian and Security Implications of the COVID-19 crisis in Northern Iraq

Nadia's Initiative has signed onto a joint NGO letter calling on Iraqi authorities and the United Nations to implement urgent measures aimed at preventing a humanitarian and security disaster in Sinjar, Tel Afar, and the Nineveh Plain amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council Statement: Put a Gender Lens on COVID-19 Efforts

Step it up G7: An extraordinary time requires extraordinary solidarity. Desperate times require bold and determined leadership. The COVID-19 virus represents a common challenge to the whole world and, like never before, reminds us of our interdependence.

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Nadia Murad's Statement on COVID-19

The spread of COVID-19 is an opportunity for the global community to prioritize the health and well-being of every human being. Governments are acting to control the pandemic and adopt measures to protect their citizens. These may be trying times, but they are also a chance for mankind to shift priorities.

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Nadia's Initiative's COVID-19 Emergency Response Work in Sinjar, Iraq

Nadia's Initiative is mobilizing in Sinjar to respond swiftly and thoroughly to COVID-19 by disinfecting towns and villages, distributing personal protective equipment for primary health clinics and hospitals, and distributing emergency packages that include food and sanitation products to ensure families survive lockdown.

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Nadia's Initiative Rehabilitates 32 Farms in Sinjar Region

Nadia’s Initiative rehabilitated 32 farming households throughout the Sinjar region – a project that began in September 2019. Farming has been a main source of income for Yazidis for generations, but when ISIS attacked the region in 2014, they intentionally burned and destroyed farms to ensure Yazidis would never return.

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Nadia Murad Receives Justice O'Connor Prize

Nobel Peace Prize winner recognized for her advocacy of survivors of Yazidi genocide and worldwide victims of violence

Nadia Murad the human rights advocate show exposed ISIS’s ethnic cleansing of the Yazidi minority community in Iraq over five years ago said Saturday that justice can be a tool for accountability and deterrence in genocidal campaigns, but it must have a vision in order to be effective.

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Nadia's Initiative Opens New Operating Theater and Maternity Ward in Sinjar

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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