Yazda is a global community-led institution that protects and champions all religious and ethnic minority communities, including Assyrians, Chaldeans, Kakais, Shabaks, Yazidis, and others in Iraq, Kurdistan Region, and Syria.
Founded in 2014 at the onset of the genocide perpetuated by the Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Da'esh against the Yazidis, as well as war crimes and crimes against humanity against other minorities, Yazda leads advocacy and strategic projects in Dohuk, Sinjar, and the Nineveh Plains (Iraq), as well as global diaspora hubs.
Company Details
- Employees
- 55
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 300 N 27th Street, Suite C, C,united States
- Industry
- Non-Profit Organizations
- Website
- yazda.org
- Keywords
- Human Rights, International Law, Humanitarian Aid and Relief, Genocide Recognition, Violence Against Women, International Work Against Human Trafficking and Slavery, United Nations, International Criminal Court, Yazidi Advocacy Work, Genocide Documentation, Yazidi Diaspora, Nadia Murad Initiative, Working with Amal Clooney for Yazidi Justice, IDP, Refugees, Education, Medicine, Healthcare, ICC, International Criminal Court, Fareeda Khalef, Amal Clooney, Yezidi, Yazidi, Human Rights, Women's Rights, Pope Francis, The Vatican and Yazidis, Pope Francis and Nadia Murad, Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Lamiya Aji Bashar, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State, Ich bin eure Stimme: Das Mädchen, das dem Islamischen Staat entkam und gegen Gewalt und Versklavung kämpft, Council of Europe Vaclav Havel Award for Human Rights, First Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations, 2016 Nobel Peace Prize nomination by the Iraqi government for activism, On Her Shoulders Film, Hillary Rodham Clinton Award, President Emmanuel Macron of France, French government and the Sinjar Action Fund, George and Amal Clooney, Afrin, Syria, Doughty Street Chambers.
- HQ
- Lincoln, NE
Yazda Questions
Yazda's website is yazda.org
Yazda's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/yazdainternational
Yazda has
55 employees.
View email and phone details for 55
employees at Yazda.
Yazda's industry is
Non-profit Organizations
Yazda's top competitors are
Farida Global Organization,
Dak Organization,
The Lotus Flower,
Jiyan Foundation For Human Rights,
Nadia's Initiative,
Háwar.help,
Giz Iraq,
Free Yezidi Foundation,
Yazidi Legal Network,
Seed.
Yazda's categories are Non-profit Organizations
Yazda's founding year is 2014
