Courageous Women | 60 Minutes Full Episodes

Nadia Murad and the Yazidi Genocide

• Nadia Murad, a 21-year-old from a Yazidi farming village, survived a massacre by ISIS. (24s)
• Murad was taken into slavery by ISIS, where she was repeatedly sold and raped. (2m59s)
• In 2018, Murad was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work exposing atrocities committed against women in war. (3m53s)
• Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist, won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in bringing attention to the genocide of the Yazidi people by ISIS. (9m30s)
• Iraqi courts are convicting thousands of ISIS suspects of terrorism, but none have been tried for the crime of genocide. (7m46s)

Shabana Basij-Rasikh and the SOLA School

• Shabana Basij-Rasikh founded the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA) to provide education for Afghan girls. (14m40s)
• Shabana Basij-Rasikh is the founder of SOLA, a school for girls in Afghanistan. She started the school because she was denied an education when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 1996. (16m19s)
• Shabana's parents disguised her as a boy so she could escort her older sister to a secret school during the Taliban's rule. (17m13s)
• SOLA is a 6th to 12th grade boarding school that provides education for girls from various backgrounds, including conservative families and different religious sects. (20m55s)
• Shabana, the founder of the Sol school, made a promise to a student's father to burn his daughter's records if the Taliban came to Kabul. (25m51s)
• On August 17th, amidst the Taliban takeover, the Sol school students were divided into groups and told to head to the airport, pretending to be children of staff members. (27m37s)
• Fatima, one of the students, got separated from her sister Areen in the chaotic crowds at the airport. (29m2s)
• More than 100 students and staff from the SOLA school, including Shabana, reached the US-controlled airport in Kabul seeking safety. (29m42s)
• Shabana, whose name was on a Taliban hit list, helped the last group of 52 SOLA students escape Afghanistan after three days at the airport. (29m56s)
• The SOLA students are now living and attending school in Rwanda, where they have been warmly welcomed. (32m41s)

Life Under Taliban Rule

• Female colleagues in the Ministry of Finance were told to have male relatives take their jobs. (36m25s)
• In March of the previous year, girls were turned away from school after it was announced they would be allowed to return. (36m43s)
• Shabana Basij-Rasikh believes the United States government should focus on Afghanistan and not forget about the country. (39m2s)

Ukrainian Prisoners of War

• Mary Upole found out she was pregnant in March. (44m23s)
• Russian soldiers separated Ukrainian prisoners of war and beat some of them. (45m3s)
• Mariana Mamonova was captured by Russian soldiers while pregnant. (49m3s)
• 1,800 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been freed through prisoner exchanges. (50m33s)
• Mariana Mova gave birth to her daughter, Anna, four days after being released from captivity. (53m6s)

The Chibok Schoolgirls and the New Foundation School

• 276 girls were kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Nigeria by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram. (54m30s)
• The girls who were kidnapped were forced to convert to Islam and were punished if they did not. (56m17s)
• Reginal Braggs, a former naval officer, is the head of the New Foundation school and developed its educational program. (1h0m6s)
• The New Foundation school holds a spelling bee to help the girls with their English proficiency and to build their confidence. (1h0m36s)
• The Nigerian government is funding most of the schooling for the Chibok girls at the New Foundation school. (1h5m2s)

Resilience in the Face of Adversity

• Despite hardship, people persevere and return stronger and more determined. (1h6m59s)
• The resilience of these people is impressive. (1h7m12s)