Nadia Murad Basee Taha

Nobel Prize in Peace 2018

“for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”

Nadia Murad Basee Taha is a Yazidi human rights activist from Iraq. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, shared with Denis Mukwege, for efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. She is a survivor of sexual violence and an advocate for victims.