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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[This talk contains mature content.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 14,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my parents intended to marry me off\Nto a man of their choosing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I refused.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That choice to defy my family
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shaped everything in my life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set me on the path\Nto become who I am today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was very painful at times,\Nand continues to be so.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents were raised in traditional,\Nuneducated Moroccan families
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a girl's main value\Nis measured by her virginity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They emigrated to Belgium,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was born, raised and educated there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not accept their view of the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I said no to them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I paid for it dearly in terms of\Nphysical and emotional abuse,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but eventually I escaped from their home
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and became a federal police detective
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who could help protect\Nthe rights of others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My specialty was investigating\Ncases in counterterrorism,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,child abduction and homicide.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved that work,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was extremely fulfilling.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With my Muslim background,\NArabic language skills,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an interest\Nin working internationally,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to seek new challenges.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After decades of being a police officer,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was recruited to become an investigator\Nof sexual and gender-based violence
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a member of the Justice Rapid Response\Nand UN Women roster.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice Rapid Response is an organization
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for criminal investigations\Nof mass atrocities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They run on both public\Nand private funding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and provide evidence and reports\Nto more than 100 participating countries.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many countries in conflict\Nare often unable to provide a just process
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those who have been\Nvictims of mass violence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To respond to that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice Rapid Response was created\Nin partnership with UN Women.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice Rapid Response and UN Women\Nrecruited, trained and certified
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than 250 professionals
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a specific expertise\Nin sexual and gender-based violence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our investigations are carried out\Nunder international law
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our findings eventually\Nbecome evidence
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prosecute war criminals.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This mechanism provides hope to victims
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that justice and accountability\Nmay someday be found
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the wake of war and conflict.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you about the most\Nchallenging work I have ever done.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was in Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since the rise of the Islamic State\Nof Iraq and Syria, or ISIS,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this group has systematically\Nattacked and tortured
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many religious minorities and ethnicities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the Christians,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Shi'a Turkmen, Shi'a Muslims,\NShi'a Shabaks, and the Yazidis.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The persecution of the Yazidis\Nhas been especially horrific.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the 3rd and 15th of August 2014,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ISIS attacked approximately\N20 villages and towns
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Sinjar, Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They executed all the males\Nover the age of 14,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the elderly and disabled.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They divided up the women and girls,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,raped them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sold them into sexual\Nand domestic slavery.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One month later,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a UN Human Rights Council resolution\Nled to the fact-finding mission on Iraq
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to investigate and document\Nalleged violations and abuses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,committed by ISIS and associated groups.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sent to investigate the atrocities\Ncommitted against the Yazidis,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a focus on sexual\Nand gender-based crimes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking\Nethno-religious community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based in northern Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their belief system incorporates\Naspects of Judaism, Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Islam, and Zoroastrianism.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For hundreds of years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Muslims and Christians\Nwho do not understand their beliefs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have condemned the Yazidis\Nas devil-worshippers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ISIS thought of them in this way\Nand vowed to destroy them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, let's do an experimental thought here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to think about\Nyour worst sexual experience
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recall it in detail.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now turn to the person to your right
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and describe that experience.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it's difficult, eh?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course I wouldn't\Nexpect you to do that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would all be uncomfortable\Nand embarrassed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so imagine an 11-year old girl\Nin the Middle East
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was not educated about sexuality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was taken from her comfort zone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her family,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who witnessed the execution\Nof her father and brothers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having to describe in detail\Nthe rape that she faced in a culture
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where talking about sexuality is taboo.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her only way of recovering her honor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to hide the crime,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believe she was married against her will,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or deny the events out of shame\Nand fear of being rejected.