23-year-old Yazidi woman appointed Ambassador for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Nadia Murad Basee Taha, who survived captivity by ISIS in Iraq to become an activist for her Yazidi people, has been appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said that Murad’s appointment on Friday as an Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking marks the first time that a survivor of atrocities has been awarded this distinction.
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