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WHY SLAVERY? I Was A Yazidi Slave | Enslaved and Abandoned

Once enslaved, Yazidi women and girls are now rejected by their own people.

Aired 12/10/2021 | Rating TV-PG

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WHY SLAVERY? I Was A Yazidi Slave | Enslaved and Abandoned

Clip: Season 4 Episode 9 | 25sVideo has Closed Captions

Once enslaved, Yazidi women and girls are now rejected by their own people.

In 2014, Islamic State fighters invaded Yazidi settlements in Iraq. Men were massacred while young women were kidnapped to be enslaved, tortured, and systematically raped. Two Yazidi women tell their story of escape to Germany with the assistance of a renowned trauma expert. Their journeys to recovery ask how a survivor of unthinkable sexual violence can find justice and a path to rehabilitation.

Aired 12/10/2021 | Rating TV-PG

Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.

WHY SLAVERY? I Was a Yazidi Slave | Crimes Against Humanity

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Bringing modern slavery - a crime against humanity - to the International Criminal Court. (25s)

WHY SLAVERY? I Was a Yazidi Slave | Giving Back

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Event after her own experience, Yazidi woman Dalal shares why giving back is necessary. (32s)

WHY SLAVERY? I Was A Yazidi Slave | Preview

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Can a path to justice and healing be found after genocide, sexual violence and slavery? (30s)

WHY SLAVERY? I Was A Yazidi Slave | Trailer

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Can a path to justice and healing be found after genocide, sexual violence and slavery? (1m 17s)

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