Hope and justice for women who’ve survived ISIS | Rabiaa El Garani

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🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Human rights protector Rabiaa El Garani shares the challenging, heartbreaking story of sexual violence committed against Yazidi women and girls in Iraq by ISIS -- and her work seeking justice for the survivors. “These victims have been through unimaginable pain. But with a little help, they show how resilient they are,” she says. “It is an honor to bear witness; it is a privilege to seek justice.” (This talk contains mature content.)

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0:00.0	This TED Talk features human rights protector, Rabia L. Garani.
0:05.7	Recorded live at TEDMed 2018.
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0:45.1	When I was 14, my parents intended to marry me off to a man of their choosing.
0:52.0	I refused.
0:53.6	That choice to define my family shaped everything in my life
0:57.7	and set me on the path to become who I am today. But it was very painful in times and continues
1:03.7	to be so. My parents were raised in traditional, uneducated Moroccan families where a girl's main value is measured by her virginity.
1:14.6	They immigrated to Belgium, and I was born, raised and educated there.
1:20.1	I did not accept their view of the world.
1:23.0	When I said no to them,
1:25.1	I paid for dearly in terms of physical and emotional abuse.
1:29.5	But eventually, I escaped from their home and became a federal police detective who could
1:34.5	help protect the rights of others.
1:37.2	My specialty was investigating cases in counterterrorism, child abduction, and homicide.
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