Nagham Nawzat Hasan (

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

: نغم نوزات حسن, born 1978) is an

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

Yazidi Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The majo ...

Doctor who was given an

International Women of Courage Award The International Women of Courage Award, also referred to as the U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award, is an American award presented annually by the United States Department of State to women around the world who have ...

in 2016.

Life

Hasan is a

activist and

gynaecologist Gynaecology or gynecology (see American and British English spelling differences, spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with ...

whose home town was

Bashiqa Bashiqa ( ku, بەعشیقە, translit=Başîqa; ar, بعشيقة, translit=Ba'shīqah; syr, ܒܥܫܝܩܐ) is a town situated at the heart of the Nineveh plain, between Mosul and Sheikhan, on the edges of Mount Maqlub. The urban area of Bashi ...

. She came to notice in 2014 following the takeover of the town of

Sinjar Sinjar ( ar, سنجار, Sinjār; ku, شنگال, translit=Şingal, syr, ܫܝܓܪ, Shingar) is a town in the Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located about five kilometers south of the Sinjar Mountains. Its p ...

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forces. The local Yazidi population were killed and young girls were taken into sexual slavery.Yezidi woman receives International award
, Kurdistan24, Retrieved 10 July 2016 Hasan realised the impact that this would have and she visited camps to offer counselling to those involved.Biographies of 2016 Award Winners
State.gov, Retrieved 10 July 2016 On 29 March 2016 she was recognised with an

for "promoting gender equality, combatting gender-based violence, and providing". She was also awarded a ''Silver Rose'' for her human rights work in June 2014 from the European

Solidar SOLIDAR is a European network of NGOs working to advance social justice in Europe and worldwide. SOLIDAR voices the concerns of its member organisations to the EU and international institutions across the policy sectors of social affairs, inter ...

organisation.Silver Rose awards
, Retrieved 10 July 2016 Afterwards she returned to continue her work in Women Survivors’ Center in Dohouk.Meet a Woman who is Changing the World
13 June 2016, UNFPA.org, Retrieved 11 June 2016

Life

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