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2022 Year End Review: Women's Empowerment

Nadia’s Initiative works with women and survivors to develop survivor-centric projects that empower them to take ownership of their lives through the provision of skills training, livelihoods opportunities, financial support, education, legal aid, and mental and physical healthcare.

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Ensuring Survivor-Centered Implementation of the Yazidi Survivors Law

Nadia’s Initiative is working as a bridge between survivors and the General Directorate of Survivors Affairs (GDSA) in Iraq to ensure survivor-centered implementation of the Yazidi Survivors Law.

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Economically Empowering Women in Sinjar: Qaison's Greenhouse

Nadia's Initiative recognizes that investing in women’s economic independence in Sinjar has far-reaching benefits for their families and the entire community. That's why we're continuously working to restore farmlands and agricultural infrastructure in Sinjar that ISIS destroyed.

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Shelter Reparations for Yazidi Survivors of ISIS Captivity

Shelter support is one form of interim reparations included in Nadia’s Initiative and the Global Survivors Fund’s holistic and comprehensive survivors project that also provides interim reparations in the forms of cash, livelihoods, mental healthcare, physical healthcare, education, and legal aid.

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Supporting Female Farmers in Sinjar: Sevi's Greenhouse

Through NI’s women’s empowerment project for female farmers in Sinjar, Sevi received theoretical and practical trainings on sustainable farming techniques, as well as tools, equipment, and a greenhouse that will increase the efficiency and productivity of her farm.

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Supporting the General Directorate of Survivors’ Affairs in Sinjar

Many Yazidi survivors of ISIS captivity were trafficked to Mosul and other areas of Iraq, and returning to Mosul to seek reparations can reignite traumatic memories. That’s why Nadia’s Initiative and USAID prioritized opening the General Directorate of Survivors’ Affairs’ office in Sinjar.

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Enhancing Women’s Role in Sinjar's Agricultural Production

Agricultural production is crucial to the Sinjar region's economy, and Yazidi women are an integral part of that output. Through our team's expert supervision, we have supported 35 female farmers and their families with essential training, tools, equipment, livestock, and supplies they need to develop sustainable farms and thrive.

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Economically Empowering Women in Sinjar: Waheeda's Grocery Store

Nadia's Initiative knows that many women like Waheeda in Sinjar and around the world are forced to balance caretaking duties with income-earning responsibilities. That's why we seek to empower women by helping them establish their own small businesses, so they can economically provide for their families, while having the flexibility to decide their own work demands.

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Empowering Female Farmers in Sinjar

Nadia’s Initiative’s project to provide 35 female-headed farming households with critical trainings, equipment, and supplies is well underway. Vulnerable women are receiving group theoretical trainings on sustainable farming techniques, as well as tailored practical trainings adapted to their needs and expertise.

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Nadia's Initiative Supports Grand Opening of General Directorate of Survivors’ Affairs in Sinjar

Since the passing of the Yazidi Survivors Law in early 2021, Nadia’s Initiative has been working with the General Directorate of Survivors’ Affairs (GDSA) to ensure the expedited and survivor-centered implementation of the law. This past weekend, Nadia’s Initiative supported the official opening of the GDSA’s Sinjar office.

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Honoring Yazidis By Not Forgetting Their Stories

Eight years ago, the peaceful Yazidi community in Sinjar was confronted with an unspeakable evil that would forever change their lives. By empowering women, supporting survivors, facilitating the return of displaced persons, and holding perpetrators accountable, we seek to end the ongoing genocide against the Yazidi community.

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Establishing Savings Groups Among Yazidi Female Entrepreneurs

Women in conflict-affected regions are often underrepresented in both the community and the region's economy, which can result in their increased vulnerability and marginalization. As a component of our second women’s small business incubator, Nadia’s Initiative helped beneficiaries establish savings groups as a means of bringing women together to support each other.

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Empowering Women in Sinjar's Agricultural Sector

“My children are now able to continue their education thanks to this small business. I can now support them and provide them with a better future.” Nadia's Initiative and implementing partner Mission East contacted Qaison to include her in their second women’s small business incubator and reestablish her livelihoods.

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Restoring Women's Agency through Economic Empowerment: Kozah's Fabric Shop

Access to capital, property rights, and labor markets are not always easy to come by for women in Sinjar. Nadia's Initiative is striving to empower every woman in Sinjar by equipping them with tangible tools to reclaim their agency and embrace their economic independence.

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Paving the Way for Reparations for Yazidi Survivors

Female survivors of ISIS captivity and sexual violence from the Yazidi and other minority communities suffered great harm under ISIS. To heal, they need reparations and dedicated social welfare services that address the trauma they have experienced.

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