By Sara Malm for MailOnline. A year-old Yazidi girl has spoken of her torment after being kidnapped and sold as a sex slave in the Islamic State, during which she was raped and beaten on a daily basis. Bahar was taken from her family and forced to undergo examinations to provide 'proof' of her virginity, before she was sold to four different men over a period of six months. Scroll down for video. Survivors: Swedish-Kurdish airworker Delal Sindy is pictured with a group of escaped Yazidi slaves, including Nergiz, 36, centre in blue top who was held as a slave with her entire family, and a young woman far right who had been raped and tortured by ISIS soldiers.
As Kurdish forces close in on ISIS -controlled areas, the stories of the Yazidi survivors reveal the horrific treatment they suffered. Bahar, whose real name has been withheld for her protection, had not yet started her period when she was kidnapped and taken from her family by ISIS soldiers. Despite this, her captors demanded proof that she was still a virgin, and she was forced to undergo several examinations by gynecologist, accompanied by female IS soldiers.
After gaining 'proof' of her virginity, the IS women concluded that she could be sold, and she was bought by a year-old man, who already 'owned' one young Yazidi girl. When she was sold to her new 'owner', Bahar was told that she would work in his home and perform household chores until she had gotten her period. However, just one month later, the ISIS soldier went back on his word and raped her. Documenting the horrors: Delal Sindy, 23, an aidworker in Iraqi Kurdistan, has relayed the story of Bahar after helping the teenager in the wake of her ordeal.
After this, the teenager was sexually assaulted on a daily basis. As punishment for fighting back, her captor would whip her on her back, which is now covered in scars. Her family paid a man who has specialised in helping Yazidi girls escape slavery, and she was able to leave ISIS controlled areas and return to Kurdistan. She reveals that a majority of the girls she meets who have escaped after being held as sex slaves are under 16 years old, with a few over 25, and less than a handful over This echoes a report by a UN envoy last month, which revealed that teenage Yazidi girls are being sold in slave markets in the Islamic State 'for as little as a pack of cigarettes'.
Adult women tend to be used as domestic slaves or farm workers, as was the case for year-old Nergiz, a mother-of-four who was taken with her whole family. Nergiz, her husband and their two sons were forced to work as shepherds while suffering daily beatings and only given food once a day. Nergiz's year-old daughter was held captive and told they would wait for her to 'mature' for marriage, but was subjected to physical abuse and raped by IS soldiers.
