1/ Nadia Murad, a 2018 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, was 21 when she was enslaved by Islamic State fighters in Iraq. She escaped, and now she draws awareness to the plight of the Yazidi people and fights to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.https://n.pr/2ylCjdl
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3/ Nadia Murad wants justice for the thousands of Yazidi women like her who were abducted by ISIS. “We hope to see at least one ISIS member who did this to one Yazidi woman be punished for the crimes they’ve committed against Yazidi women, and we hope to see them in court.”
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4/ Murad sometimes feels that her message is not being heard. “I feel like too much is going on in terms of women being victims… I feel like [sexual violence] is not new to people and it’s not going to be the last time. And people have become numb to this kind of news.”
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5/ Murad’s own mother was among dozens of older Yazidi women executed by ISIS. When asked what those women would think about her advocacy and her Nobel Peace prize, she says, “I feel like they will be proud.”
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6/ At 25, Murad has just gotten engaged. She hopes to continue her work and also, she says, “I want to be able to live a simple life and just be safe.”https://n.pr/2ykSzvu
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7/ Nadia Murad is now the second-youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient.https://n.pr/2ylCjdl
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