The MATCH International Women’s Fund welcomed our representative Dr. Leyla Ferman and a member of Women for Justice e. V. to their office for an interview and Q&A with the team in Ottawa (Canada). The MATCH Fund supported our collection of testimonies from over 800 Yazidi (Ezidi) women and girls who have arrived in Canada as refugees.

During our visit, we also met with advisors from the Offices of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister for International Development, Global Affairs Canada, as well as officials from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

In order to identify joint working areas, Women for Justice e. V. met Aktion Hoffnungsschimmer e. V.. After exchanging information about our respective work and project ideas we agreed on working together for rebuilding projects in Sinjar.

By invitation of John Howell OBE MP, the Henry Jackson Society invited Women for Justice e. V. to speak as a speaker under the topic “Under Siege: The Persecution of Minorities in the Middle East“. 

The representative of Women for Justice e. V. Dr. Leyla Ferman gave a speech on the genocide against Yazidis (Ezidis) in the Sinjar area. Dr. Leyla Ferman mentioned that there are now projects in place to rebuild Sinjar but it needs the support of the West.

Women for Justice e. V. supported the press statement in Diyarbakir on the anniversary of the genocide of the Yazidis (Ezidis).

Women for Justice e. V. visited members and partners in the Sinjar area (Sinun, Xanesor, Serdesht, Kersê, Şengal city, Koço). Talks within the community, seminars and workshops with colleagues and also a women’s conference were on our agenda. We also supported our colleagues in the field with social care and legal support for female survivors.

We understand meetings with female survivors as the basis of all our work. We have been meeting female survivors from Sinjar (Şengal) both as inviduals and in groups. Besides social care and legal advice, we try to find out methods to enable Yazidi (Ezidi) survivors to make their own decisions in life here in Germany.