Runak is a Kurdish Yazidi and one of 5,000 women and children enslaved by IS. Her husband was taken, presumed dead. Her eldest son was abducted, probably to an IS training camp. Her eight-year old son was held for months and returned, probably after sexual abuse. Read More...
Sherri Kraham Talabany, President of SEED Kurdistan discussed SEED's efforts to help Yezidi (Yazidi) women, refugees, and other victims of ISIS/ISIL violence on the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Smart Women, Smart Power podcast in an episode entitled "Iraq – The View from Kurdistan." Listen here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/iraq-the-view-from-kurdistan/id924940383?i=361886141&mt=2
SEED President Sherri Kraham Talabani was interviewed by Fox’s Bret Baier. View the full interview: