Yazidi women escape ISIS sex slavery: Nazarene Fund provides therapy, protection
Outside of Erbil, I met with some recently freed Yazidi girls in the home they shared with their mother.
They had been victims of sex slavery and torture at the hands of their ISIS captors and their ISIS brides. After being rescued by Kurdish forces, the girls were sent to the nearby United Nations Sharya Internal Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp.
The male relatives of these young women are either missing or dead and the UN camp is a gravely unsafe place for unaccompanied women to be, and it’s even worse for Yazidi girls. ISIS frequently hides in plain sight, masquerading as refugees to avoid detection and prosecution for their crimes.
Our partners at the Nazarene Fund identify young women like these girls - Christians and Yazidis alike - and extract them from the UN camps, finding them housing, helping them receive trauma counseling, medical care, education, and sometimes even security while they wait to have their immigration claims accepted by Australia.
To help the Nazarene Fund, please check out our Christmas fundraising at SaveTheChristians.com.
Sheila Gunn Reid
Chief Reporter
Sheila Gunn Reid is the Editor-in-Chief, Alberta Bureau Chief, member of the board of directors, and host of The Gunn Show at Rebel News. Sheila also serves as President of the Independent Press Gallery of Canada. A mother of three and longtime conservative activist, Sheila is the author of bestselling books, including her most recent release, Independence Blueprint: What Alberta Can Learn From Quebec.
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