SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 2019
The brutal choice faced by
Yazidi sex slaves – abandon
their babies or be ostracised
Five years after Isis massacred the ethnic group in Iraq, survivors of
unspeakable atrocities still have pitiful futures
A child at a camp in Dohuk, Iraq, where survivors are in desperate need of basic amenities and mental health support (Women for
Women International)
MAYA OPPENHEIM
WOMEN’S CORRESPONDENT
Five years ago, Isis fighters committed arguably their most horrific crime – attacking the Sinjar region of
Iraq where the majority of the Yazidi population lived, rounding up and separating men and women.
Men were killed, children were abducted, Yazidi pilgrimage sites and houses of worship were destroyed.