On 3 August 2014, Sinjar was shattered.
In one of the most brutal genocides of the 21st century, thousands of Yazidis were killed, women and girls enslaved, and an entire community torn from its homeland. Eleven years later, nearly 2,600 Yazidis remain missing—many still held in captivity or trafficked across borders.
This was not just war. It was targeted, systematic annihilation. It was rape used as a weapon. It was children stolen, families erased, temples destroyed, and memory attacked.
But Yazidis have not vanished.
From mass graves to courtrooms, from tents to parliaments, survivors are rising—not as victims, but as leaders, advocates, and healers.
At Farida Global, we have witnessed this transformation firsthand. Led by survivors, we have stood with hundreds of women and girls reclaiming their voices, their rights, and their futures.
Farida Khalaf, survivor and founder of Farida Global:
“We Yazidi women were never meant to survive what was done to us—but we did. And now, we speak not only for ourselves, but for those who cannot. Justice is not a request—it’s a right.”
oday, we don’t just mourn the lives stolen—we honor the resilience of those still fighting to live.
But remembrance alone is not enough.
• Justice must be pursued.
• The missing must be found.
• Reconstruction of Sinjar must be real, inclusive, and survivor-led.
Khalid Qasim Salih, Country Director of Farida Global:
“Every year we light a candle, but what we truly need is for the world to ignite change. Survivors are doing their part—now it’s time for the international community to do theirs.”
To the international community: We don’t need more statements.
We need action. We need solidarity that moves beyond sympathy.
Because what happened to the Yazidis is not history.
It is unfinished justice.
Let this 11th year be a turning point—from remembering the genocide to rebuilding a future where it cannot be repeated.
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