Life For Iraqi Women And Girls Worsening

By Worldview
A Yezidi woman collects water for her sheep from a truck on Mount Sinjar, 250 miles (404 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 19, 2005. One of Iraq’s forgotten religious minorities, the Yezidis eke out lives in the shadow Mount Singer.
A Yezidi woman collects water for her sheep from a truck on Mount Sinjar, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. One of Iraq's forgotten religious minorities, the Yezidis eke out lives in the shadow Mount Singer. Jacob Silberberg / AP Photo
A Yezidi woman collects water for her sheep from a truck on Mount Sinjar, 250 miles (404 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 19, 2005. One of Iraq’s forgotten religious minorities, the Yezidis eke out lives in the shadow Mount Singer.
A Yezidi woman collects water for her sheep from a truck on Mount Sinjar, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. One of Iraq's forgotten religious minorities, the Yezidis eke out lives in the shadow Mount Singer. Jacob Silberberg / AP Photo

Life For Iraqi Women And Girls Worsening

By Worldview
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In August 2015, ISIS attacked the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. Thousands fled to Mt. Sinjar, including the ethnic minority Yezidis. Many believe in coming to their aid, U.S. airstrikes and the Iraqi army prevented a genocide. 

Human rights lawyer and advisor to the Iraqi Children Foundation, Sherizaan Minwalla specializes in gender-based violence in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. She recently moved back to the United States and updates us on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Iraq, especially for Yezidi women and girls. Minwalla calls their future “uncertain.”