Nadia Murad

“I will go back to my life when women in captivity go back to their lives, when my community has a place, when I see people accountable for their crimes.”

“It is unacceptable for a woman to be rescued from captivity from ISIS to come and not have a place to live, to be put in refugee camps.”

“I want to create a family with my fiance and be able to live a simple life and just be safe.”

“There were 2 million civilians in Mosul and 2,000 kidnapped girls there. There were thousands of families in Mosul that could have helped other girls, but they didn't. Women had to wear veil...”

“I was the youngest girl among my siblings, a simple village girl, who perhaps was luckier than other siblings as I have the chance to go to school.”

“Yazidis have gone through traumatic experiences, and without education, there is no future for the youth.”

“I lived my childhood as a village girl in Kojo, south of Sinjar region. I did not know anything about the Nobel Peace Prize.”

“When genocide is committed, it must be seen. People must look at it with open eyes, not minimize its impact.”

“We must not only imagine a better future for women, children, and persecuted minorities; we must work consistently to make it happen - prioritizing humanity, not war.”

“My survival case comes with a purpose and obligation, which is why I have launched Nadia's Initiative, an organisation dedicated to helping women and children who have been victimised... My...”

“World leaders and, particularly, Muslim religious leaders need to stand up and protect the oppressed.”

“The Yazidi people, they are very - they just want a simple life.”

“The terrorists didn't think that Yazidi girls would have the courage to tell the world every detail of what they did to us. We defy them by not letting their crimes go unanswered.”