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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.34,0:00:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[This talk contains mature content]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.98,0:00:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 14,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.61,0:00:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my parents intended to marry me off\Nto a man of their choosing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.43,0:00:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I refused.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.17,0:00:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That choice to defy my family\Nshaped everything in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.39,0:00:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set me on the path\Nto become who I am today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.98,0:00:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was very painful at times\Nand continues to be so.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.99,0:00:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents were raised in traditional,\Nuneducated Moroccan families
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.31,0:00:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a girl's main value\Nis measured by her virginity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.10,0:00:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They emigrated to Belgium,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.88,0:00:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was born, raised and educated there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.57,0:00:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not accept their view of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.42,0:00:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I said no to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.50,0:00:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I paid for it dearly in terms of\Nphysical and emotional abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.72,0:00:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But eventually, I escaped from their home
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.50,0:00:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and became a federal police detective
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.60,0:00:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who could help protect\Nthe rights of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.49,0:01:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My specialty was investigating\Ncases in counterterrorism,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.46,0:01:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,child abduction and homicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.19,0:01:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved that work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.53,0:01:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was extremely fulfilling.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.56,0:01:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With my Muslim background,\NArabic language skills
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.79,0:01:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an interest\Nin working internationally,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.34,0:01:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to seek new challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.13,0:01:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After decades of being a police officer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.63,0:01:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was recruited to become an investigator\Nof sexual and gender-based violence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.22,0:01:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a member of the Justice Rapid Response\Nand UN Women roster.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.17,0:01:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice Rapid Response is an organization
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.60,0:01:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for criminal investigations\Nof mass atrocities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.78,0:01:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They run on both public\Nand private funding
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.23,0:01:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and provide evidence and reports\Nto more than 100 participating countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.63,0:01:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many countries in conflict\Nare often unable to provide a just process
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.50,0:01:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those who have been\Nvictims of mass violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.55,0:01:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To respond to that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.87,0:01:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice Rapid Response was created\Nin partnership with UN Women.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.57,0:01:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.75,0:02:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice Rapid Response and UN Women\Nrecruited, trained and certified
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.77,0:02:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than 250 professionals
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.36,0:02:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a specific expertise\Nin sexual and gender-based violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.97,0:02:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.57,0:02:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our investigations are carried out\Nunder international law,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.11,0:02:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our findings eventually become\Nevidence to prosecute war criminals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.12,0:02:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This mechanism provides hope to victims
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.28,0:02:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that justice and accountability\Nmay someday be found
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.81,0:02:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the wake of war and conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.20,0:02:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you about the most\Nchallenging work I have ever done.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.56,0:02:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was in Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.49,0:02:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since the rise of the Islamic State\Nof Iraq and Syria, or ISIS,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.20,0:02:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this group has systematically\Nattacked and tortured
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.08,0:02:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many religious minorities and ethnicities,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.44,0:02:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the Christians,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.19,0:02:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Shia Turkmen, Shia Muslims,\NShia Shabaks and the Yazidis.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.79,0:02:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The persecution of the Yazidis\Nhas been especially horrific.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.10,0:03:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the 3rd and 15th of August 2014,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.27,0:03:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ISIS attacked approximately\N20 villages and towns in Sinjar, Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.05,0:03:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They executed all the males\Nover the age of 14,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.69,0:03:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the elderly and disabled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.10,0:03:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They divided up the women and girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.76,0:03:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,raped them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.99,0:03:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sold them into sexual\Nand domestic slavery.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.80,0:03:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One month later,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.99,0:03:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a UN Human Rights Council resolution\Nled to the fact-finding mission on Iraq
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.72,0:03:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to investigate and document\Nalleged violations and abuses
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.13,0:03:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,committed by ISIS and associated groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.14,0:03:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sent to investigate the atrocities\Ncommitted against the Yazidis,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.01,0:03:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a focus on sexual\Nand gender-based crimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.74,0:03:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking\Nethnoreligious community
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.52,0:03:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based in Northern Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.66,0:03:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their belief system incorporates\Naspects of Judaism, Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.58,0:03:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Islam and Zoroastrianism.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.67,0:03:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For hundreds of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.96,0:03:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Muslims and Christians\Nwho do not understand their beliefs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.33,0:04:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have condemned the Yazidis\Nas devil worshippers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.17,0:04:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ISIS thought of them in this way\Nand vowed to destroy them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.70,0:04:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, let's do an experimental thought here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.37,0:04:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to think about\Nyour worst sexual experience
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.73,0:04:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recall it in detail.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.34,0:04:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now turn to the person to your right
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.00,0:04:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and describe that experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.28,0:04:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.52,0:04:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it's difficult, eh?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.28,0:04:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.22,0:04:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, of course, I don't\Nexpect you to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.43,0:04:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would all be uncomfortable\Nand embarrassed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.59,0:04:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so imagine an 11-year-old girl\Nin the Middle East
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.42,0:04:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was not educated about sexuality,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.21,0:04:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was taken from her comfort zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.42,0:04:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her family,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.66,0:04:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who witnessed the execution\Nof her father and brothers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.70,0:04:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having to describe in detail
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.57,0:05:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rape that she faced in a culture\Nwhere talking about sexuality is taboo.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.88,0:05:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her only way of recovering her honor\Nis to hide the crime,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.30,0:05:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believe she was married against her will,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.83,0:05:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or deny the events out of shame\Nand fear of being rejected.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.00,0:05:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I interviewed a girl\Nwho I will call "Ayda."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.49,0:05:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was purchased\Nby an ISIS leader, or emir,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.68,0:05:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with 13 other girls\Naged between 11 and 18 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.14,0:05:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amongst the group were\Nher three nieces and two cousins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.82,0:05:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 14 girls were taken\Nto a house full of ISIS fighters.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.82,0:05:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An imam was present who made it clear\Nthat their religion was wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.97,0:05:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only good path was to accept Islam\Nand marry a Muslim man.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.13,0:05:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The emir wrote the names of the girls\Non 14 small pieces of paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.03,0:05:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two ISIS fighters would pick\Na piece of paper each.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.29,0:05:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would call out the name\Nwritten on the paper,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.37,0:05:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those girls were forcibly taken\Ninto another room.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.74,0:05:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the emir and the imam\Nheard the two girls screaming
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.91,0:06:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they were being raped,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.81,0:06:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they began laughing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.12,0:06:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both were telling the other girls
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.77,0:06:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the two girls should enjoy\Nthe experience instead of screaming.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.100,0:06:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a while, the girls\Nwere brought back into the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.64,0:06:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were in shock and were bleeding.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.54,0:06:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They confirmed that they had been married\Nand suffered a lot of pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.96,0:06:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is important to consider the fact\Nthat they had been raised
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.12,0:06:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to believe in sexual intercourse\Nwith one man in their lifetime:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.99,0:06:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their husband.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.55,0:06:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only connection that they could make\Nin their shocked state
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.27,0:06:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to define their rape as marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.69,0:06:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before the next two girls\Nwere taken to be raped,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.54,0:06:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayda made a terrifying decision.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.17,0:06:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the oldest of the group,\Nshe convinced the emir
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.84,0:06:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let them use the bathroom in order\Nto wash themselves before marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.10,0:06:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayda had been told by one of the girls
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.50,0:06:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she noticed rat poison\Nin the bathroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.60,0:06:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 14 girls decided\Nto end their suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.86,0:06:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by drinking the poison.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.29,0:07:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before the poison took full effect,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.58,0:07:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were discovered by ISIS\Nand taken to the hospital,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.18,0:07:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.04,0:07:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ISIS decided to separate the girls
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.78,0:07:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sell them individually.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.77,0:07:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayda was taken to another house\Nand brutally raped
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.70,0:07:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after she attempted again\Nto kill herself with her headscarf.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.61,0:07:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was beaten and raped every two days.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.98,0:07:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After four months in captivity,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.73,0:07:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayda found the courage to escape.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.15,0:07:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She never saw the other 13 girls again.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.88,0:07:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I interviewed Ayda multiple times.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.45,0:07:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was willing to speak to me\Nbecause she had heard from other victims
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.86,0:07:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was a woman from the UN\Nwho understood her complicated culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.46,0:07:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked into her eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.91,0:07:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and listened deeply to the stories\Nof her darkest hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.74,0:07:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We established a personal connection\Nthat continues to this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.97,0:07:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My upbringing made it easy for me\Nto understand her extreme sense of shame
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.70,0:07:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her fear of being rejected.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.29,0:08:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These types of investigations are not only\Nabout gathering information and evidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.49,0:08:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're also about victim support.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.22,0:08:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bonds I established with the victims
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.50,0:08:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strengthens their confidence\Nand willingness to seek justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.13,0:08:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As she considered her escape,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.56,0:08:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ayda, like all Yazidi survivors,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.09,0:08:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faced a dilemma:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.23,0:08:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should she continue to suffer\Nthe abuse of her captors,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.20,0:08:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or would it be better to return home,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.02,0:08:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she would face shame, rejection
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.33,0:08:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and possibly honor killing?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.01,0:08:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know all too well the pain\Nof being rejected
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.55,0:08:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by my Moroccan community in Belgium,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.59,0:08:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I did not want this to happen\Nto the Yazidi community.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.07,0:08:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a group of concerned entities,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.87,0:08:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the UN, NGOs, politicians\Nand members of the Yazidi community
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.37,0:08:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,approached a religious leader,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.21,0:08:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Baba Sheikh.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.40,0:08:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After many meetings,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.69,0:08:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he realized that these girls\Nhad not disrespected their religion
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.25,0:08:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by being forcibly converted to Islam
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.64,0:09:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and married to ISIS fighters.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.63,0:09:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, they have been abducted,\Nraped and sexually enslaved.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.28,0:09:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am happy to report\Nthat, after our meetings,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.78,0:09:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Baba Sheikh announced publicly
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.90,0:09:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the survivors should be\Ntreated as victims
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.54,0:09:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and embraced by the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.97,0:09:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This message was heard\Nthroughout the community
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.51,0:09:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually reached the survivors\Nbeing held captive by ISIS.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.55,0:09:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After his declaration of support,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.57,0:09:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the survivors were motivated\Nto escape from ISIS
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.56,0:09:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Ayda has done,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.14,0:09:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many young Yazidi women\Ntook the bold step
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.17,0:09:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and returned home to their communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.98,0:09:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Baba Sheikh's public pronouncement
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.25,0:09:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saved the lives of many\Nyoung Yazidi women,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.87,0:09:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in captivity and after their escape.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.82,0:09:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadly, not all religious leaders\Nagreed to talk with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.72,0:09:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some victims had far\Nworse outcomes than the Yazidis.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.22,0:09:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, only 43\Nof the 500-600 victims
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.70,0:09:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Shia Turkmen community
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.75,0:10:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were able to return home\Nafter escaping ISIS.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.37,0:10:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them were advised by their family
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.70,0:10:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stay with ISIS
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.35,0:10:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or commit suicide in order\Nto save the honor of the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.72,0:10:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Germany established a project\Nto support survivors of ISIS
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.20,0:10:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by providing psychosocial support\Nand housing for 1,100 women and children,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.08,0:10:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Ayda.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.34,0:10:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I visited Ayda several times\Nduring my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.11,0:10:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so proud of her\Nand the other victims.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.39,0:10:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The progress they have made is remarkable.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.59,0:10:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is really moving to see\Nhow many of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.18,0:10:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite their struggles,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.72,0:10:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have benefited from this program.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.21,0:10:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The program includes\Nindividual and group counseling,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.15,0:10:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,art therapy, music therapy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.52,0:10:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sport activities,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.82,0:10:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language courses,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.06,0:10:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school and other integration efforts.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.83,0:10:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I observed was that\Nremoving the victims
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.25,0:10:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an area of conflict\Nto a country at peace
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.17,0:10:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a positive impact on all of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.73,0:10:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This project caught\Nthe attention of other countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.44,0:11:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were interested\Nto help more Yazidis.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.19,0:11:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Yazidi women and girls\Nstill call and text me
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.02,0:11:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell me about their grades at school,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.25,0:11:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fun trips they've taken,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.100,0:11:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to inform me about their future dreams,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.87,0:11:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like writing a book about\Nwhat they have faced with ISIS.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.19,0:11:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes they are sad
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.49,0:11:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feel the need to talk again\Nabout the events.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.76,0:11:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a psychologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.19,0:11:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have faced secondary PTSD\Nfrom their horrific stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.08,0:11:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I keep encouraging them to talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.29,0:11:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I keep listening,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.77,0:11:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I do not want them\Nto feel alone in their suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.46,0:11:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through these anecdotes,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.86,0:11:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see a bigger picture emerging.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.34,0:11:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These women and girls are healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.69,0:11:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are no longer afraid to seek justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.12,0:11:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without hope there can be no justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.50,0:11:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without justice there can be no hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.74,0:11:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every 3rd and 15th of August,\Nit's my remembrance day,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.76,0:11:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I reach out to the Yazidis to let them\Nknow that I'm thinking about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.29,0:11:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're always happy when I do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.13,0:12:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an emotional day for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.38,0:12:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This past August, I spoke with Ayda.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.31,0:12:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was so happy to announce
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.26,0:12:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one of her nieces\Nwho was abducted with her
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.48,0:12:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was finally released\Nout of ISIS hands in Syria
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.50,0:12:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and returned to Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.21,0:12:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you believe that?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.64,0:12:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After four years?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.78,0:12:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, her biggest wish\Nis for her whole family,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.87,0:12:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now located across three continents,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.04,0:12:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be reunited.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.54,0:12:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope they will.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.75,0:12:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I think about\Nthe survivors I work with,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.23,0:12:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember the words\Nof an Egyptian doctor, writer
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.71,0:12:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and human rights activist,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.42,0:12:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nawal El Saadawi.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.33,0:12:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her book, "Woman at Point Zero,"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.02,0:12:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she wrote, "Life is very hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.95,0:12:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only people who really live
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.49,0:12:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are those who are harder\Nthan life itself."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.82,0:12:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These victims have been\Nthrough unimaginable pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.31,0:12:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with a little help,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.65,0:12:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they show how resilient they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.34,0:13:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each has their own perspective\Non what kind of justice she seeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.46,0:13:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I believe deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.90,0:13:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a credible justice process is key
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.57,0:13:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how she reclaims her dignity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.50,0:13:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finds closure with her trauma.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.26,0:13:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice is not only about\Npunishing the perpetrator.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.76,0:13:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about victims feeling\Nthat crimes committed against them
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.28,0:13:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been recorded and recognized\Nby the rule of law.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.14,0:13:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, it has been\Nthe experience of a lifetime
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.10,0:13:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work with these survivors.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.34,0:13:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I share their sorrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.37,0:13:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their language and their culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.84,0:13:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we connect on the deepest human level.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.84,0:13:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This itself is an act of healing:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.41,0:13:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be heard, to be seen,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.04,0:13:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be given compassion\Ninstead of condemnation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.72,0:13:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we get so close to people in pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.66,0:13:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it creates pain\Nfor the investigators, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.29,0:13:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work is challenging,\Nheartbreaking and trauma-inducing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.28,0:13:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let me tell you why I do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.71,0:14:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I meet the survivors\Nof these mass atrocities,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.42,0:14:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I hold their hands\Nand look in their eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.22,0:14:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it does not erase my own pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.25,0:14:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it does make it almost worthwhile.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.04,0:14:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's nothing\NI would rather be doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.36,0:14:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I see these brave survivors
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.89,0:14:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggling to connect again\Nto their own self-worth,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.40,0:14:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their families, to their place\Nin a society that values them,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.55,0:14:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is an honor to bear witness;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.36,0:14:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a privilege to seek justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.70,0:14:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is healing, too --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.39,0:14:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.49,0:14:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.66,0:14:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)