A young Yazidi woman who survived trafficking and gang-rape by IS is to be appointed a UN ambassador. Nadia Murad, who is also a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will become the UNODC goodwill ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking. Her appointment marks the first time a survivor of atrocities has been given this distinction. Ms Murad was captured in Iraq in 2014. Six of her brothers were murdered. The 23-year-old told the BBC she had also been subjected to sexual and physical abuse, including being gang-raped, but managed to escape. Since then she has been advocating for the end of human trafficking. Her ambassadorship ’will focus on advocacy initiatives and raise awareness around the plight of the countless victims of trafficking in persons, especially refugees, women and girls’, the UN said.