Yazda is a global community-led organisation providing critical humanitarian assistance and promoting accountability and justice for the genocide committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Yazidi community and other ethnic and religious groups. Yazda was established in 2014, three weeks after the genocidal campaign commenced in Sinjar and was among the first organisations on the ground providing lifesaving assistance to survivors. Yazda was the first actor to document the crimes committed by ISIL against Yazidis and has been leading advocacy efforts on justice and accountability. Since its inception, Yazda has managed a portfolio of humanitarian, justice and rights-based projects, which are community and survivor-centred in design and implementation.
Yazda
