Nadia Murad

Nadia Murad, who just won the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Award, proves that miracles do happen. According to the TIMES, "Islamic State fighters abducted a young Yazidi woman named Nadia Murad, her siblings and their mother from their village in northern Iraq more than two years ago. Barely in her twenties, she was separated from her family, beaten and sexually assaulted." Not only did Ms. Murad manage to escape, but now the 23 year old was named a United Nations goodwill ambassador, and travels all around speaking her message to the world: the need to protect women and children against these terrible acts of terrorism and assaults. She was actually a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize, and though she did not get it, her mission and words continue to resonate in the world!