Nadia Murad, co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, is a leading advocate for survivors of sexual violence and genocide. Murad’s life was brutally interrupted in 2014 when ISIS attacked her village in northern Iraq, killing 600 Yazidi men, including several of her family members. She and other young women were taken prisoner and subjected to beatings and rape. After three months in captivity, she managed to escape and make it to a refugee camp. Following her escape to Germany, she co-founded Nadia’s Initiative, which works to persuade governments and other organizations to support efforts to rebuild the Yazidi homeland. Her time in captivity is chronicled in “The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State.” Her work is featured in the documentary “On Her Shoulders,” which will be screened at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center at 3 p.m. Sept. 8. Murad will present “From the Front Lines: Human Rights, Sex Trafficking and the Survival of the Yazidi People.” Her talk will be translated by Yazidi activist, co-founder of Nadia’s Initiative and University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumnus Abid Shamdeen.