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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.10,0:00:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[This talk contains mature content.]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.16,0:00:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 14,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.80,0:00:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my parents intended to marry me off\Nto a man of their choosing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.43,0:00:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I refused.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.43,0:00:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That choice to defy my family
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.73,0:00:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shaped everything in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.64,0:00:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set me on the path\Nto become who I am today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.37,0:00:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was very painful at times,\Nand continues to be so.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.99,0:00:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents were raised in traditional,\Nuneducated Moroccan families
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.53,0:00:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a girl's main value\Nis measured by her virginity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.33,0:00:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They emigrated to Belgium,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.05,0:00:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was born, raised and educated there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.45,0:00:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not accept their view of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.57,0:00:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I said no to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.50,0:00:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I paid for it dearly in terms of\Nphysical and emotional abuse,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.91,0:00:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but eventually I escaped from their home
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.69,0:00:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and became a federal police detective
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.79,0:00:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who could help protect\Nthe rights of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.74,0:01:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My specialty was investigating\Ncases in counterterrorism,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.65,0:01:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,child abduction and homicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.37,0:01:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved that work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.70,0:01:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was extremely fulfilling.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.69,0:01:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With my Muslim background,\NArabic language skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.79,0:01:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an interest\Nin working internationally,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.38,0:01:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to seek new challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.02,0:01:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After decades of being a police officer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.63,0:01:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was recruited to become an investigator\Nof sexual and gender-based violence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.34,0:01:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a member of the Justice Rapid Response\Nand UN Women roster.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.34,0:01:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice Rapid Response is an organization
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.77,0:01:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for criminal investigations\Nof mass atrocities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.63,0:01:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They run on both public\Nand private funding
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.39,0:01:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and provide evidence and reports\Nto more than 100 participating countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.75,0:01:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many countries in conflict\Nare often unable to provide a just process
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.77,0:01:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those who have been\Nvictims of mass violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.65,0:01:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To respond to that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.07,0:01:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice Rapid Response was created\Nin partnership with UN Women.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.57,0:01:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.70,0:02:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice Rapid Response and UN Women\Nrecruited, trained and certified
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.77,0:02:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than 250 professionals
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.36,0:02:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a specific expertise\Nin sexual and gender-based violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.04,0:02:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.27,0:02:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our investigations are carried out\Nunder international law
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.02,0:02:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our findings eventually\Nbecome evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.20,0:02:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prosecute war criminals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.08,0:02:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This mechanism provides hope to victims
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.90,0:02:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that justice and accountability\Nmay someday be found
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.07,0:02:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the wake of war and conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.49,0:02:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you about the most\Nchallenging work I have ever done.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.79,0:02:35.14,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.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I interviewed a girl who I will call Ayda.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was purchased\Nby an ISIS leader, or emir,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with 13 other girls\Naged between 11 and 18 years old.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amongst the group were\Nher three nieces and two cousins.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 14 girls were taken\Nto a house full of ISIS fighters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An imam was present who made it clear\Nthat their religion was wrong
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only good path was to accept Islam\Nand marry a Muslim man.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The emir wrote the names of the girls\Non 14 small pieces of paper.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two ISIS fighters would pick\Na piece of paper each.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would call out the name\Nwritten on the paper,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those girls were forcibly taken\Ninto another room.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the emir and the imam\Nheld the two girls screaming,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they were being raped,\Nthey began laughing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both were telling the other girls
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the two girls should enjoy\Nthe experience instead of screaming.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a while, the girls\Nwere brought back into the room.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were in shock and were bleeding.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They confirmed that they had been married\Nand suffered a lot of pain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is important to consider the fact\Nthat they had been raised to believe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in sexual intercourse\Nwith one man in their lifetime:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their husband.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only connection that they could make\Nin their shocked state
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to define their rape as marriage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before the next two girls\Nwere taken to be raped,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayda made a terrifying decision.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the oldest of the group,\Nshe convinced the emir
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let them use the bathroom in order\Nto wash themselves before marriage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayda had been told by one of the girls
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she noticed rat poison\Nin the bathroom.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 14 girls decided\Nto end their suffering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by drinking the poison.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before the poison took full effect,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were discovered by ISIS\Nand taken to the hospital,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they survived.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ISIS decided to separate the girls
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sell them individually.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayda was taken to another house
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and brutally raped
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after she attempted again\Nto kill herself with her headscarf.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was beaten and raped every two days.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After four months in captivity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayda found the courage to escape.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She never saw the other 13 girls again.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I interviewed Ayda multiple times.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was willing to speak to me\Nbecause she had heard from other victims
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was a woman from the UN\Nwho understood her complicated culture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked into her eyes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I listened deeply to the stories\Nof her darkest hours.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We established a personal connection\Nthat continues to this day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My upbringing made it easy for me\Nto understand her extreme sense of shame
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her fear of being rejected.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These types of investigations are not only\Nabout gathering information and evidence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're also about victim support.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bonds I established with the victims
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strengthens their confidence\Nand willingness to seek justice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As she considered her escape,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayda, like all Yazidi survivors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faced a dilemma.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should she continue to suffer\Nthe abuse of her captors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or would it be better to return home
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she would face shame, rejection,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and possibly honor killing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know all too well the pain\Nof being rejected
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by my Moroccan community in Belgium,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I did not want this to happen\Nto the Yazidi community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a group of concerned entities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the UN,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NGOs, politicians,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and members of the Yazidi community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,approached a religious leader Baba Sheikh.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After many meetings,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he realized that these girls\Nhad not disrespected their religion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by being forcibly converted to Islam
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and married to ISIS fighters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, they have been abducted,\Nraped, and sexually enslaved.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am happy to report\Nthat, after our meetings,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Baba Sheikh announced publicly
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the survivors should be\Ntreated as victims
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and embraced by the community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This message was heard\Nthroughout the community,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually reached the survivors\Nbeing held captive by ISIS.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After his declaration of support,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the survivors were motivated\Nto escape from ISIS
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Ayda has done,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many young Yazidi women
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took the bold step and returned\Nhome to their communities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Baba Sheikh's public pronouncement
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saved the lives of many\Nyoung Yazidi women,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in captivity and after their escaped.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadly, not all religious leaders\Nagreed to talk with us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some victims had far\Nworse outcomes than the Yazidis.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, only 43\Nof the five to six hundred victims
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Shi'a Turkmen community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were able to return home\Nafter escaping ISIS.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them were advised by their family
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stay with ISIS
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or commit suicide in order\Nto save the honor of the family.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,?? established a project\Nto support survivors of ISIS
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by providing psychosocial support\Nand housing for 1,100 women and children,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Ayda.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I visited Ayda several times\Nduring my work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so proud of her\Nand the other victims.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The progress they have made is remarkable.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is really moving to see\Nhow many of them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite their struggles,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have benefited from this program.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The program includes\Nindividual and group counseling,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,art therapy, music therapy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sport activities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language courses,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school and other integration efforts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I observed was that\Nremoving the victims
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an area of conflict\Nto a country of peace
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a positive impact on all of them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This project caught\Nthe attention of other countries,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were interested\Nto help more Yazidis.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Yazidi women and girls\Nstill call and text me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell me about their grades at school,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fun trips they've taken,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to inform me about their future dreams
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like writing a book about\Nwhat they have faced with ISIS.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes they are sad
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feel the need to talk again\Nabout the events.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a psychologist,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have faced secondary PTSD\Nfrom the horrific stories,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I keep encouraging them to talk
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I keep listening,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I do not want them\Nto feel alone in their suffering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through these anecdotes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see a bigger picture emerging.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These women and girls are healing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are no longer afraid to seek justice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without hope there can be no justice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without justice there can be no hope.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every 3rd and 15th of August,\Nit's my remembrance day,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I reach out to the Yazidis to let them\Nknow that I'm thinking about them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're always happy when I do that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an emotional day for them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This past August, I spoke with Ayda.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was so happy to announce\Nthat one of her nieces
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was abducted with her
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was finally released\Nout of ISIS hands in Syria
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and returned to Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you believe that?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After four years?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today her biggest wish\Nis for her whole family,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now located across three continents,\Nto be reunited, and I hope they will.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I think about\Nthe survivors I work with,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember the words\Nof an Egyptian doctor,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writer, and human rights activist,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nawal El Saadawi.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her book, "Woman at Point Zero,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she wrote, "Life is very hard,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only people who really live
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are those who are harder\Nthan life itself."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These victims have been\Nthrough unimaginable pain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with a little help,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they show how resilient they are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each has their own perspective\Non what kind of justice she seeks,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I believe deeply
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a credible justice process is key
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how she reclaims her dignity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finds closure with her trauma.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice is not only about\Npunishing the perpetrator.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about victims
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feeling that crimes committed against them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been recorded and recognized\Nby the rule of law.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, it has been\Nthe experience of a lifetime
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work with these survivors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I share their sorrow,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their language and their culture,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we connect on the deepest human level.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This itself is an act of healing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be heard, to be seen,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be given compassion\Ninstead of condemnation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we get so close to people in pain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it creates pain for the investigators too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work is challenging,\Nheartbreaking and trauma-inducing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let me tell you why I do it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I meet the survivors\Nof these mass atrocities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I hold their hands\NI look in their eyes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it does not erase my own pain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it does make it almost worthwhile,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's nothing\NI would rather be doing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I see these brave survivors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggling to connect again\Nto their own self-worth,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their families, to their place\Nin a society that values them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is an honor to bear witness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a privilege to seek justice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is healing too
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)