“Young women growing into situations with no parents are usually material for exploitation in the brothels.” Quote by Yanar Mohammed
“What has ISIS done to the women in the cities they have conquered? Direct enslavement, humiliation and turning women into concubines to be bought and sold. This was something nobody expected to see in Iraq.” DoneCitiesDirectIraqExpectedHumiliationIsisEnslavementConcubines Author:Yanar Mohammed
“In the beginning, in 2003, there was the Iraqi resistance, which didn't want the US occupation, then they developed Al Qaeda, but even then it was never this monstrous, this inhumane and as misogynistic as what we're seeing now under ISIS.” WantSeeingResistanceAlsOccupationIsisMonstrousAl QaedaInhumane Author:Yanar Mohammed
“We have had many wars with other countries and when a prisoner comes back they get many benefits, they get a house, they get a salary and I want the Iraqi government to do this for the Yazidi women so that they can have the social status that would allow a good future, a good family and a good status in society.” WantWarCountryGovernmentHouseSocialBenefitsPrisonerOther CountriesSalarySocial StatusGood FamilyGood Future Author:Yanar Mohammed
“In Iraq, we did have dictators, we did have times of war but it never reached the point where one person, or a group, would be attacking another group and would be enslaving all the women of that group.” PersonsWarWould BeGroupsIraqDictatorAttacking Author:Yanar Mohammed
“I would like to see a law legalising women's shelters in Iraq. I would like to see our radio being opened again as a result of the pressure that we're putting on the governmental body that could allow this.” BodyLawResultsPressureIraqRadioShelter Author:Yanar Mohammed
“I would like to see the Iraqi government guarantee social insurance for the Yazidi women who were enslaved and to recognise their status as prisoners of war.” WarGovernmentSocialGuaranteesPrisonerRecognisePrisoner Of War Author:Yanar Mohammed
“Too often, we have failed to enforce international norms when it's inconvenient to do so.” InternationalNormInconvenient Author:Barack Obama
“We have not confronted forcefully enough the intolerance, sectarianism, and hopelessness that feeds violent extremism in too many parts of the globe.” EnoughViolentIntoleranceGlobesHopelessnessExtremismSectarianism Author:Barack Obama
“I will support Iraqis and Syrians fighting to reclaim their communities.” FightingCommunitySupport Author:Barack Obama
“It is time for a new compact among the civilized peoples of this world to eradicate war at its most fundamental source: the corruption of young minds by violent ideology.” WorldMindWarYoungThis WorldSourceFundamentalsCorruptionViolentIdeologyCivilizedCompactYoung Minds Author:Barack Obama