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CAP International in support of Nadia Murad: advocacy, meetings and strong commitment
03 September 2018Since 2015, CAP International has shown concrete and consistent support for Nadia Murad, Yazidi activist and survivor of sexual slavery, winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.
Mobilisation in 2015 in favour of Nadia Murad and Yazidi victims
Since February 2015, CAP International has been conducting high-level advocacy campaigns for survivors of the Yazidi genocide in the Sinjar region of Iraqi Kurdistan, including Nadia Murad. This is in order to shed light on the genocide of this persecuted minority and the systematic and organised prostitution of women of this group.
Solidarity march in Berlin (August 2016)
On 2 August 2016, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Yazidi genocide, Nadia Murad led an international solidarity march in Berlin, bringing together several thousand participants.
Advocacy tours in Paris and Brussels
In total, CAP International facilitated more than 20 high-level meetings with ministers, MPs and the media, including Newsweek for the activist and Sakharov Prize winner. On September 1, 2017, CAP International organised a meeting between Nadia Murad and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, strengthening French official support for the Yazidi victims. On 25 October 2018, CAP International facilitated a second meeting between Nadia Murad and French President Emmanuel Macron, a high-impact meeting as evidenced by a video message published immediately afterwards.
CAP International's advocacy alongside Nadia Murad, amplifying her voice and those of genocide survivors, led to the adoption of a resolution by the French National Assembly recognising the Yazidi genocide.
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