Nadia’s Initiative is implementing a comprehensive restoration project that is providing hundreds of female-headed farming households with open-field irrigated farming, kitchen gardens, greenhouses, dairy cows, and cash payments.
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Today, the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, sees the launch of the draft Global Code of Conduct for the Documentation and Investigation of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. It is named the “Murad Code,” after Nadia Murad, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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Nadia Murad raised spoke about protecting and supporting survivors at a UN virtual briefing on gender-based violence during COVID-19. and spoke of concrete steps taken by Nadia's Initiative towards accountability and prevention.
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Nadia’s Initiative is excited to announce the launch of our Support to Women’s Livelihoods project that will benefit 345 female-headed farming households in Sinjar, Iraq. This project is implemented by Dorcas Aid International and is financed by the GIZ commissioned by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Education is a key component to rebuilding the Yazidi community and positively impacting the lives of children who have already endured tremendous trauma and instability. Nadia’s Initiative is working with USAID to revitalize the education sector in Sinjar.
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As 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.
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Nadia Murad spoke at the 5th EU Day Against Impunity along with EU Commissioner of Justice Didier Reynders, Croatian Minister of Justice Dražen Bošnjaković, and Eurojust President Ladislav Hamran.
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Like many villages in the Sinjar region, residents of Bahrava village have been struggling to rebuild their lives after nearly six years of displacement and a lack of government support.
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Nadia Murad recently spoke to a group of students from Chapman University. The students are reading Nadia’s book and studying her organization Nadia’s Initiative as part of their coursework for their class "Transformational Leadership, Social Change and Positive Peace.”
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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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Nadia’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.
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Nadia’s Initiative has built a new house in Borek Complex, Sinjar for a Yazidi family of 9. The family had been living without proper shelter for the past six years.
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Germany 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.
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“These hospitals are basically like health centres. They're small and do not have the capacity, [or] the equipment...they don’t have specialised doctors to deal with any sort of crisis, let alone COVID-19,” added Abid Shamdeen, Executive Director at Nadia’s Initiative.
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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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Nadia’s Initiative distributed food and holiday items to low-income families in Sinjar for the celebration of the Yazidi New Year (Çenja Sarè Salè).
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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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“We, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocates and Alumni, are greatly concerned by the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) and the impacts it is having in every corner of the globe. We stand in solidarity with those affected…”
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Nadia's Initiative is continuing its COVID-19 Emergency Response work in Sinjar, Iraq by delivering food and supply packages to families most vulnerable in the region. Many thanks to the police departments in Sinjar and Sinuni for their support.
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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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