10 Facts About Vian Dakhil

Vian Dakhil is a current member of the Iraqi parliament.

Vian Dakhil is the only Kurdish woman who's religion is Yazidism in the Iraqi Parliament.

Vian Dakhil explains that all the Yazidis who escaped from the areas which were under control of Daesh.

Vian Dakhil asserts that women lived in fear of air raids by US-led coalition and Iraqi government forces.

Vian Dakhil reportedly broke her leg whilst the Iraqi helicopter pilot lost his life.

Vian Dakhil was mistakenly reported dead in an earlier news report.

Vian Dakhil has been recognised and honoured for her important work in bringing the Kurds-Yazidis plight to the international community.

Vian Dakhil was congratulated by the Iraqi Parliament, and honoured by the Iraqi Women's Network in October 2014, and was awarded the title of the Woman of the Year.

Vian Dakhil received the Bruno Kreisky Prize for Services to Human Rights in Vienna, and the Nineveh honorary shield in June 2015.

In February 2016 Vian Dakhil was awarded the Geneva Summit Prize for Human Rights in Geneva.