Iraqi Nadia Murad broke loose of the so-called Islamic State's (Daesh) sex trafficking system in 2014, and her >fight for human rights has not been forgotten since.
On Friday, Murad was awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize alongside Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist who's known for his work with victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The duo was awarded the prize for "their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict," said Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairwoman of the Nobel Committee, in a statement.
"Nadia Murad is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others.
Each of them, in their own way, has helped to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence," she added.
The award will be presented at a ceremony in Oslo, Russia on December 10.
In 2016, the 25-year-old was >appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Murad's focus steers towards "advocacy initiatives and raise awareness around the plight of millions of victims of trafficking, especially refugees, women, and girls."
That same year, Murad was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. She has also been listed among Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People of 2016."
Murad was abducted by ISIS in August 2014
Murad's abduction was part of an ISIS raid on her northern-Iraqi village, known for housing Yazidis - an ethno-religious group native to the Mesopotamian region.
ISIS classifies the group as "infidels" and seeks to ethnically cleanse them.
Men - including six of her brothers - were slaughtered, while women and children were taken as slaves. The extremist group also destroyed their temples.
"They took women as merchandise to be exchanged," she said.
Murad called on the international community to recognize the so-called Islamic State's attacks on the Yazidi community as acts of genocide. The militant group murdered 5,000 Yazidi men the same month Murad was abducted, according to Euro News.
"One of an estimated 3,000 Yazidi girls and women who were victims of rape and other abuses by the IS army"
"Congratulations"
"Long awaited Nobel recognition"
"So proud"
"Heroes"
Murad was raped until she fainted
Murad was regularly beaten and gang-raped.
"They proceeded to commit their crime until I fainted," she said.
Murad's first failed attempt to escape left her greatly discouraged. She was raped by all the men in the compound, a punishment that falls on every women who tries to break free.
She eventually escaped after three months of repeatedly "dying."
She called on an anti-ISIS Muslim family for help and they heeded her call, giving her a black abaya and an Islamic ID and escorting her to the border.
She was then taken to a refugee camp. Shortly after, Murad was chosen for a program that took around 1,000 refugees to Germany.
"Being in the hands of Daesh, we felt like we have already died," Murad told BBC.
"Most people die once in their lifetime, but we were dying every hour."