As part of our coverage of International Women’s Day, FRANCE 24 spoke to Düzen Tekkal who is the founder of the NGO HÁWAR, which aims to empower women, children and minorities who are subject to religious, ethnic or gender based persecution or discrimination. Journalist turned activist, Tekkal told us about her origins and the plight of Yazidi women forced to flee from Iraq into Iraqi Kurdistan with the rise of the Islamic State Group in 2014.