Empowering Survivors to Access Reparations
FYF’s protection team recently spoke with a survivor beneficiary who escaped ISIS captivity with her youngest son after 11 months of enslavement.
The survivor remarked on her ability to apply to the Yezidi Survivors Law (YSL) after support from FYF’s protection team: “After the passing of the YSL, I saw many survivors applying to receive reparations, but I didn’t know anything about the YSL, how to apply, what papers were required, and where to apply. After a visit from FYF’s protection team, I was provided with all the information I needed about the YSL.
Due to their consultation, I knew what documents were required to apply to the YSL, and the FYF team helped me apply. If they hadn’t helped me, I would not have been able to obtain my rights as a survivor and travel to the General Directorate for Survivors’ Affairs in Mosul.
I am very pleased with the treatment of the FYF protection team who followed up with me even after submitting my application.”
