Nobody’s Listening: Supporting the Yazidi Community 10 Years After Genocide

January 30, 2024 01:34:10
Nobody’s Listening: Supporting the Yazidi Community 10 Years After Genocide
Events at USIP
Nobody’s Listening: Supporting the Yazidi Community 10 Years After Genocide

Jan 30 2024 | 01:34:10

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Show Notes

Almost a decade following the ISIS-perpetrated genocide against them, the Yazidi community faces considerable challenges in seeking justice. On January 29, USIP and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide hosted a discussion on the current challenges facing the Yazidi community and possible ways to strengthen their ability to recover from genocide.

Speakers

Lise Grandewelcoming remarks
President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace

Victoria Taylor, keynote remarks
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq and Iran, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Haider Elias 
President, Yazda Global Organization

Sarhang Hamasaeed
Director, Middle East Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace

Pari Ibrahim 
Founder and Executive Director, Free Yezidi Foundation

Ambassador Beth Van Schaack
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of State

Naomi Kikolermoderator 
Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 

 

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/nobodys-listening-supporting-yazidi-community-10-years-after-genocide

 

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