Nadia's Initiative

Nadia's Initiative
Abbreviation	NI
Formation	2018; 6 years ago
Founder	Nadia Murad;
Type	501(c)(3);
Purpose	Human Rights, Education, Healthcare, Livelihoods, Ending Human Trafficking, Stopping Genocide of Yazidis by ISIS
Method	Donations, Grants
Key people	Nadia Murad (President & Chairwoman); Abid Shamden (Special Advisor); Kerry Propper (Vice Chairman of the Board); Elizabeth Bohart (Strategic Advisor);
Website	nadiasinitiative.org

Nadia’s Initiative is a nonprofit organization founded in 2018 by Nadia Murad that advocates for survivors of sexual violence and aims to rebuild communities in crisis. The launch of this organization was prompted by the Sinjar massacre, a religious persecution of the Yazidi people in Sinjar, Iraq by ISIS in 2014.^[1]

Abbreviation	NI
Formation	2018; 6 years ago (2018)
Founder	Nadia Murad
Type	501(c)(3)
Purpose	Human Rights, Education, Healthcare, Livelihoods, Ending Human Trafficking, Stopping Genocide of Yazidis by ISIS
Method	Donations, Grants
Key people	Nadia Murad (President & Chairwoman) Abid Shamden (Special Advisor) Kerry Propper (Vice Chairman of the Board) Elizabeth Bohart (Strategic Advisor)
Website	nadiasinitiative.org