Nobel Peace Laureate & Author of the "Last Girl" and "I Choose My Beginning"
Nadia Murad Biography
Nadia Murad is a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and one of the most influential forces reshaping how the world responds to conflict-related sexual violence. She has moved survivor-led justice and recovery from the margins to the center of global policy — changing the standard by which governments, international institutions, and legal systems are held accountable.
In 2014, Murad was taken captive by the Islamic State (ISIS) during the genocide against the Yazidi community. After escaping, she chose to speak out — not to seek sympathy, but to force a global reckoning with the systems that allowed these crimes to happen and went unpunished.
What followed was not just advocacy — it was transformation. Murad has driven fundamental shifts in international legal frameworks, pushed accountability mechanisms into existence, expanded access to reparations, and embedded survivor-centered approaches into institutional responses across multiple regions. Where there were gaps in the global system, she has worked to close them.
She has held heads of state, the United Nations Security Council, and governments to account — pushing them to act on justice for survivors and strengthen global responses to conflict-related sexual violence. Her leadership was instrumental in establishing the UN investigative mechanism UNITAD and securing the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2467 — milestones that have reshaped international law.
Murad is the Founder and President of Murad's Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rebuilding communities in crisis and driving global advocacy for survivors of sexual violence. She has championed reparations access for survivors worldwide.
In 2016, she became the first United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking. In 2018, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership in ending the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
Her work is grounded in an uncompromising principle: survivors must be at the center of the systems meant to protect them — not as symbols, but as leaders shaping law, policy, and recovery.
Nadia Murad Speaking Topics
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Beyond Survival: Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Supporting Survivors
Drawing on her lived experience and global advocacy, Nadia Murad examines how sexual violence is used as a weapon of war—and what can be done to prevent it. She calls for survivor-centered policies that combine accountability with healthcare, psychosocial support, education, economic opportunity, and community recovery. Audiences leave with a clearer understanding of how governments, institutions, and individuals can turn awareness into meaningful action while ensuring survivors help shape the solutions that affect their lives.
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Women Rebuilding the Future: Empowerment After Conflict
Women are often portrayed only as victims of conflict, but they are also leaders, peacebuilders, and architects of recovery. Drawing on her advocacy and the community-led work of Nadia’s Initiative in Sinjar, Nadia explores how safety, education, healthcare, economic independence, and participation in decision-making enable women to rebuild their lives. This talk challenges audiences to recognize women’s leadership and invest in solutions that create lasting opportunities for survivors and their communities.
Nadia Murad Videos
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Nadia Murad is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Beyond Survival: Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Supporting Survivors, Women Rebuilding the Future: Empowerment After Conflict, Without Justice, There Can Be No Lasting Peace and The Last Girl: From Survival to Global Advocacy. The estimated speaking fee range to book Nadia Murad for your event is available upon request. Nadia Murad generally travels from Washington, DC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Alaa Murabit, Shiza Shahid, Tawakkol Karman, Mira Sorvino and Amanda Nguyen. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Nadia Murad for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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