THE GUARDIAN: Yazidi women fail in claim for compensation in Australia for actions of Isis fighter Khaled Sharrouf
Women’s lawyers say they are considering going to UN bodies after the high court turned down their appeal
THE NATIONAL: Pandemic hardships threaten lasting setback for women in the Middle East
Domestic violence and child marriages have increased, activists say as the world marks International Women’s Day on March 8
OPEN ACCESS: When COVID-19 hits a community that survived genocide
Nishat had a conversation with founder of The Lotus Flower, Taban Shoresh, who started this organisation after surviving ISIS in her homeland of Kurdistan, Iraq
While COVID-19 brings certain demographics more fatalities and hospitalisation than others, what happens when the virus reaches people who have survived inhumane horrors?
RUDAW: Suicide among Yezidi youth on the rise, officials warn
SHINGAL, Iraq — The suicide rate among Yezidi youth is on the rise, having increased by ten percent compared to the previous year, according to Shingal’s court. This comes officials warns of Iraq seeing record levels of suicide in 2020.
FAD magazine: MIGRATE ART ANNOUNCES ‘SCORCHED EARTH’
Migrate Art presents ‘Scorched Earth’ a charity auction and exhibition of new works by leading artists, organised in direct response to the widespread deliberate destruction of crop fields in Iraq. The participating artists have created new works using paint pigmented with ash collected by Migrate Art from land scorched by these fires.
Deutsche Welle: Yazidi children abused by 'IS' urgently need help
They have been liberated from captivity but not from their trauma: Yazidi children, kidnapped, enslaved, abused by "Islamic State," urgently need help. A report by Amnesty International throws light on their fate.
AL jazeera: UN - Nearly 80 million people forcibly displaced worldwide
Nearly 80 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide by the end of last year as a result of conflict, violence, persecution and human rights violations, according to the United Nations.
Ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, released its annual report on displacement on Thursday, which showed an estimated 11 million more people fled their homes in 2019, almost doubling the total figure over the past decade.
global citizen: Why I Quit My Job to Empower Women and Girls Escaping Violence and Slavery Under ISIS
Taban Shoresh fled Iraq as a child refugee, later she returned to help women recover from trauma.
ABOUT TIME MAGAZINE: TOP 10 WOMEN TO WATCH IN CHARITY 2019
Discover #SheStartedIt100: our definitive guide to the top 100 women to watch in the UK 2019. From media to technology, we’re giving you the run-down of the UK’s most exciting, dynamic female leaders to watch in 2019. This September, About Time is hosting #SheStartedItLIVE: our 1-day festival dedicated to female entrepreneurship and empowerment on Saturday 14th September 2019.
Taban Shoresh has been listed.
ABC NEWS: Australian terrorist Khaled Sharrouf bought her at a slave market. Now she wants justice
Khaled Sharrouf died in 2017, but the women he enslaved are pursuing compensation in NSW.
DAILY MAIL: Child genocide survivor quits job to help ISIS survivors in Kurdistan
A child genocide survivor whose family narrowly escaped being killed by Saddam Hussein’s regime has revealed how she left her high-flying job in London to help those she left behind.
Taban Shoresh, 36, who lives in London but is originally from Erbil, Kurdistan region of Iraq, built a successful career for herself at an Investment Asset Management firm after fleeing to the UK.
Whilst raising her son, she began to feel guilty about the suffering of those still in the region she left behind and returned to the area to do humanitarian work in 2014.
PARIS MATCH: Yézidies : la boxe en thérapie
Elles ont été capturées, battues, réduites en esclavage... Et leur culture, très traditionnelle, les confine aux rôles de mères et de servantes. A ces femmes lourdement traumatisées, l’ONG The Lotus Flower propose des cours de boxe. Un réconfort inespéré, presque miraculeux. Grâce à ce sport, elles reprennent confiance, retrouvent l’énergie et apprennent à se défendre.Notre reporter les a rencontrées en Irak : le début d’une libération !