A young Yazidi woman who survived trafficking and gang-rape by the Islamic State terrorists, has been appointed as a UN Ambassador. <br/><br/>Nadia Murad Basee Taha, the 23-year-old Nobel Peace Prize nominee, is the Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC. <br/><br/>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in the induction ceremony that, Nadia is a fierce and tireless advocate for the Yazidi people and victims of human trafficking everywhere. <br/><br/>Murad was captured in Iraq in 2014 and had been bought and sold several times by the militant group. She, however, managed to escape.