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“The world forgot us”: inside the scheme to rehabilitate Yazidi sex slaves who have escaped Isis

Baden-Württemberg’s federal administration is alone in providing care for Yazidi women and children who have survived war crimes and sexual violence.

By Lara Whyte

“The world forgot us”: inside the scheme to rehabilitate Yazidi sex slaves who have escaped Isis

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“He treated me like an animal”: surviving life as a sex slave of Islamic State

We speak to two young Yazidi women who were taken as sex slaves by Isis, and are now in…

By Lara Whyte

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