Courageous Women | 60 Minutes Full Episodes

20 Aug 2024 (4 months ago)

Nadia Murad and the Yazidi Genocide

Nadia Murad, a 21-year-old from a Yazidi farming village, survived a massacre by ISIS. (24s)
Murad was taken into slavery by ISIS, where she was repeatedly sold and raped. (2m59s)
In 2018, Murad was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work exposing atrocities committed against women in war. (3m53s)
Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist, won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in bringing attention to the genocide of the Yazidi people by ISIS. (9m30s)
Iraqi courts are convicting thousands of ISIS suspects of terrorism, but none have been tried for the crime of genocide. (7m46s)

Shabana Basij-Rasikh founded the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA) to provide education for Afghan girls. (14m40s)
Shabana Basij-Rasikh is the founder of SOLA, a school for girls in Afghanistan. She started the school because she was denied an education when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 1996. (16m19s)
Shabana's parents disguised her as a boy so she could escort her older sister to a secret school during the Taliban's rule. (17m13s)
SOLA is a 6th to 12th grade boarding school that provides education for girls from various backgrounds, including conservative families and different religious sects. (20m55s)
Shabana, the founder of the Sol school, made a promise to a student's father to burn his daughter's records if the Taliban came to Kabul. (25m51s)
On August 17th, amidst the Taliban takeover, the Sol school students were divided into groups and told to head to the airport, pretending to be children of staff members. (27m37s)
Fatima, one of the students, got separated from her sister Areen in the chaotic crowds at the airport. (29m2s)
More than 100 students and staff from the SOLA school, including Shabana, reached the US-controlled airport in Kabul seeking safety. (29m42s)
Shabana, whose name was on a Taliban hit list, helped the last group of 52 SOLA students escape Afghanistan after three days at the airport. (29m56s)
The SOLA students are now living and attending school in Rwanda, where they have been warmly welcomed. (32m41s)

Female colleagues in the Ministry of Finance were told to have male relatives take their jobs. (36m25s)
In March of the previous year, girls were turned away from school after it was announced they would be allowed to return. (36m43s)
Shabana Basij-Rasikh believes the United States government should focus on Afghanistan and not forget about the country. (39m2s)

Mary Upole found out she was pregnant in March. (44m23s)
Russian soldiers separated Ukrainian prisoners of war and beat some of them. (45m3s)
Mariana Mamonova was captured by Russian soldiers while pregnant. (49m3s)
1,800 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been freed through prisoner exchanges. (50m33s)
Mariana Mova gave birth to her daughter, Anna, four days after being released from captivity. (53m6s)

276 girls were kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Nigeria by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram. (54m30s)
The girls who were kidnapped were forced to convert to Islam and were punished if they did not. (56m17s)
Reginal Braggs, a former naval officer, is the head of the New Foundation school and developed its educational program. (1h0m6s)
The New Foundation school holds a spelling bee to help the girls with their English proficiency and to build their confidence. (1h0m36s)
The Nigerian government is funding most of the schooling for the Chibok girls at the New Foundation school. (1h5m2s)

Despite hardship, people persevere and return stronger and more determined. (1h6m59s)
The resilience of these people is impressive. (1h7m12s)