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Women Around the World: Nadia Murad · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Danny and Samantha, and welcome to Stephane
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  Speaker 1: Never Told your production of iHeart Radio, and welcome to
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  Speaker 1: another edition of Women Around the World and any I
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  Speaker 1: don't have a question today because it's only a small
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  Speaker 1: snippet of what has been happening around the world, and
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  Speaker 1: I know there's so many things, and we're gonna have
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  Speaker 1: to We're gonna have a lot of discussions, I think
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to world views of things and as
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  Speaker 1: we see things unfolding, especially with things like in Afghanistan,
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  Speaker 1: instill in Syria and still happening in Palestine, I think
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot that we can talk about that's not
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  Speaker 1: typically feminist forward because it's such just overall disasters. But
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  Speaker 1: I'm betting just like in any crisis like these, we
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  Speaker 1: see uh specific narratives about the women and children in
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  Speaker 1: these places, and we actually I know there's been a
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  Speaker 1: lot of conversation with Afghanistan what's happening, especially with the Taliban,
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  Speaker 1: and we know how very misogynistic the Taliban is in general,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm sure we're gonna come back and talk about it,
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  Speaker 1: but I did want to talk about someone and celebrate
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  Speaker 1: someone who has taken what happened in their area, which
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  Speaker 1: was essentially a genocide, and how she is advocating and
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  Speaker 1: fighting for other women who are experiencing things that she
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  Speaker 1: has gone through. And yeah, we're talking about Nobel Peace
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  Speaker 1: Prize winner Nadia Myriad and Nadia Myriad was raised in
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  Speaker 1: Cinjar in Iraq, where she lived with her family, and
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  Speaker 1: her community in her family was mainly farmers in that
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  Speaker 1: area and it wasn't until the invasion or advancing of
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  Speaker 1: the Islamic State or ISIS as we know it in fourteen.
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  Speaker 1: And as a quick reference, uh, the e z v
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  Speaker 1: S are an ethnic and religious group located around northwest Iraq,
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  Speaker 1: northwest Syria, and southeast Turkey and have been persecuted for
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  Speaker 1: quite some time. And there are no exact numbers as
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  Speaker 1: to how many z Ds that are, but inteen it
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  Speaker 1: was estimated to be anywhere from five hundred thousand to
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  Speaker 1: seven hundred thousand people, and I've also seen numbers where
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  Speaker 1: it went up to a million. But because they are
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  Speaker 1: scattered and because they haven't persecuted and have been murdered
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  Speaker 1: and villainized, we don't have an exact number. Right, So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Isis invaded Murad's homeland of Sinjar with the intent of
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  Speaker 1: ethnically cleansing you CDs in i Rock. They killed hundreds
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  Speaker 1: of people at that time, including her siblings and connapped
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  Speaker 1: women and young girls, including Murad. It was estimated that
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  Speaker 1: at least six thousand, seven hundred d c D women
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  Speaker 1: and girls had been enslaved by ISIS and she was
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  Speaker 1: held in Mosle where she was abused and tortured. Several
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  Speaker 1: months later, Murad was able to escape to her neighbor's
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  Speaker 1: home after the home she was held captive in was
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  Speaker 1: left unlocked. It was then the neighbors were able to
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  Speaker 1: smuggle her out of the Islamic State controlled area and
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  Speaker 1: were able to get to the refugee camp in Do
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  Speaker 1: Hawk Curtis Stan region. So she was able to move
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  Speaker 1: to Germany in twenty fifteen, where she is a current resident,
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  Speaker 1: which is great and she has been able to dedicate
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  Speaker 1: her life and advocacy for women and people like her.
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  Speaker 1: In December off she spoke to the United Nations Security
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  Speaker 1: Council about the sexual violence human trafficking in regards to
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  Speaker 1: wars and conflicts, and it was the first noted incident
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  Speaker 1: of the fact that this is being addressed to the Council,
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  Speaker 1: so a huge right there, and she has made it
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  Speaker 1: her focus to meet with global leaders in order to
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  Speaker 1: bring attention to the continued persecutions against the Yazdi people
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  Speaker 1: and to bring attention to the horrific systemic use of
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  Speaker 1: sexual violence as a weapon during war. And I know
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  Speaker 1: we've talked about this before and we need to come
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  Speaker 1: back to that once again, but how it continues to
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  Speaker 1: be used as a way of torture during wartime. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: in sixteen year, Ad was represented by A. Mall Clooney
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  Speaker 1: to take legal action against ISISL or ISIS commanders, and
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  Speaker 1: Cooney said about this at the genocide rape and trafficking
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  Speaker 1: by EISL was a bureaucracy of role on an industrial scale,
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  Speaker 1: and you're a continued by establishing Nadia's Initiative, which provides
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  Speaker 1: advocacy and assistance to victims of genocide and according to
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  Speaker 1: the website Nadia's Initiative, it states Nadia's Initiative is on
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  Speaker 1: a mission to create a world where women are able
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  Speaker 1: to live peacefully and where communities that have experienced trauma
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  Speaker 1: and suffering are supported and redeveloped. Nadia's Initiative advocates at
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  Speaker 1: the local national international levels for resources and policy change
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  Speaker 1: needed to protect and support survivors of sexual violence and
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  Speaker 1: rebuild communities in crisis. We collaborate with global leaders, governments,
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  Speaker 1: and international organizations to raise awareness and direct critical funding
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  Speaker 1: necessary to make positive, meaningful change. Nadia's Initiative works to
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  Speaker 1: end the use of women and girls as weapons of
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  Speaker 1: war to ensure survivors voices are heard. We seek justice
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  Speaker 1: through fighting to hold perpetrators accountable for their crimes and
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  Speaker 1: to enable survivors to heal and rebuild their lives. Nadia's
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  Speaker 1: Initiative also advocates in sure that communities in crisis are
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  Speaker 1: not forgotten by working to restore basic resources, services, and
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  Speaker 1: security in fragile regions. Currently, we are focusing on efforts
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  Speaker 1: on rebuilding Nardia mirads Incestral homeland in Saint Jar, Iraq,
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  Speaker 1: which was systematically destroyed by ISIS in fourteen. Your Ad
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  Speaker 1: was also appointed the first Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity
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  Speaker 1: of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations in sixteen,
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  Speaker 1: and not surprisingly, she has been celebrated for her continued
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  Speaker 1: hard work by being awarded with so many accolades, including
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  Speaker 1: the Nobel Peace Prize in eighteen, becoming the first She's
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  Speaker 1: CD and Iraqi individual to be awarded the Nobel Prize,
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  Speaker 1: Glamour Women of the Year, International, DVF Award, United Nations,
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  Speaker 1: Association of Spain Peace Prize, and just so many more, right,
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  Speaker 1: and if you're interested in learning more of her story,
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  Speaker 1: she also released a memoir titled The Last Girl, My
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  Speaker 1: Story of Captivity and My Fight against the Islamic State.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, she also is a writer and has many
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  Speaker 1: pieces that she has written and contributed two different media
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  Speaker 1: and publications, including talking about what's happening with the Yaziti
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  Speaker 1: communities during COVID. And she is a fierce advocate if
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  Speaker 1: you can't tell by the very small snippet that we
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  Speaker 1: are talking about, and continues to fight for women's right
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  Speaker 1: in general, but specifically those who are experiencing so much
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  Speaker 1: trauma during wartimes or because of the war torn areas.
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  Speaker 1: It's obvious that she has a passion and she knows
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  Speaker 1: what she's talking about and why she's so fierce about
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  Speaker 1: what she is doing. Yes, yes, and you know, I
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  Speaker 1: feel like at the end of all of these we
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  Speaker 1: get a book that they've written, and we should You're right,
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  Speaker 1: we really should. Yeah, I don't know why I didn't
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  Speaker 1: think about that before. Yes, it seems obvious, but you
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  Speaker 1: know we are. If you listeners have anyone that you
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  Speaker 1: feel like we should be talking about on this segment,
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  Speaker 1: as always too, are super producer, Christina. We would read
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  Speaker 1: your book if you had one, Christina. Oh yes, oh yes,
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