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 She said in her statement that she dedicates her award to "Yazidis, Iraqis, Kurds, other persecuted minorities and all of the countless victims of sexual violence around the world.” 
 
 “I think of my mother, who was murdered by [ISIS], the children with whom I grew up, and what we must do to honor them," she wrote. "Persecution of minorities must end.” 
 
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 Murad shared the award with Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecological surgeon who treats victims of sexual crimes. One of the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Iraqi human rights activist Nadia Murad, is pledging to donate her entire $500,000 award to victims of sex crimes.
– If any Nobel Prize winners strive for the award solely for the money, Nadia Murad isn't among them. The Hill reports the 25-year-old Yazidi human rights activist, who shared this year's Peace Prize with Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege, will be giving her $500,000 portion of the Nobel cash to her Nadia's Initiative organization, which helps Iraqi women and minorities. "I commit 100% of the money, at least my share, to the goals and work we are currently doing, and that we will do in the future," the 25-year-old said at a presser. "Persecution of minorities must end," Murad said in a statement last week after hearing she'd won the prize, citing the murder at the hands of ISIS of her own mother. Murad stressed at the press conference that though she hopes her donation will help fight sexual violence around the world, more still needs to be done. "A single prize and a single person cannot accomplish these goals," she said. "We need an international effort."