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Ten years ago on August 3, the Islamic State group (IS) began its genocidal assault on the Yazidis, an ethno-religious minority in northern Iraq. At least 5,000 Yazidis were killed, and an estimated 7,000 Yazidi women and children were kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery by IS fighters. Holya, Berivan, and Fahima — three Yazidi women from Sinjar — managed to escape the attack and are now rebuilding their lives and communities more than six years after the defeat of IS in the country. The women work as deminers for the British demining charity Mines Advisory Group (MAG). They clear Sinjar,…

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