Yezidi doctor awarded US prize for helping traumatized victims of ISIS brutality
A Kurdish Yezidi doctor was among 14 honorees who received this year’s “International Women of Courage” award, issued by the US State Department in Washington on March 29. Dr. Nagham Nawzad, a Yezidi gynecologist based in Dohuk in the Kurdistan region, was awarded for her work with girls kidnapped and sexually assaulted by the Islamic […]A Kurdish Yezidi doctor was among 14 honorees who received this year’s “International Women of Courage” award, issued by the US State Department in Washington on March 29.
Dr. Nagham Nawzad, a Yezidi gynecologist based in Dohuk in the Kurdistan region, was awarded for her work with girls kidnapped and sexually assaulted by the Islamic militants. She has offered professional help to around 710 women who survived ISIS assaults on the Yezidi community in Kurdistan and Iraq.
