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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\u2014many still held in captivity or trafficked across borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Yazidis have not vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From mass graves to courtrooms, from tents to parliaments, survivors are rising\u2014not as victims, but as leaders, advocates, and healers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Farida Khalaf, survivor and founder of Farida Global:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cWe Yazidi women were never meant to survive what was done to us\u2014but we did. And now, we speak not only for ourselves, but for those who cannot. Justice is not a request\u2014it\u2019s a right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
oday, we don\u2019t just mourn the lives stolen\u2014we honor the resilience of those still fighting to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But remembrance alone is not enough.
\u2003\u2022\u2003Justice must be pursued.
\u2003\u2022\u2003The missing must be found.
\u2003\u2022\u2003Reconstruction of Sinjar must be real, inclusive, and survivor-led.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khalid Qasim Salih, Country Director of Farida Global:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cEvery year we light a candle, but what we truly need is for the world to ignite change. Survivors are doing their part\u2014now it\u2019s time for the international community to do theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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To the international community: We don\u2019t need more statements.
We need action. We need solidarity that moves beyond sympathy.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBecause what happened to the Yazidis is not history.
It is unfinished justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLet this 11th year be a turning point\u2014from remembering the genocide to rebuilding a future where it cannot be repeated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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