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Amal Clooney

Amal Clooney is a barrister practicing at Doughty Street Chambers in London who specializes in international law and human rights. She is also a Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School. Clooney is currently legal counsel to Nadia Murad and other Yazidi women who have been sexually enslaved by ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and is working to secure accountability for the crimes committed by ISIS in national and international courts.

Titles for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

We are sharing books for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which takes place on November 25th. Violence against women is an international issue that affects women interpersonally and within their own communities. The United Nations outlines the different situations in which violence against women can occur. This collection provides personal stories

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Nadia Murad, Author of THE LAST GIRL, Wins the Nobel Peace Prize

On Friday, October 5, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that it had decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 to Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Iraqi human rights activist Nadia Murad “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.” Murad recounts her extraordinary

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