At the summit, we had also hoped to introduce you to a woman who helped bring down ISIS. . . Commander Nesrin Abdullah, a 41-year-old Kurdish woman, began organizing the Women’s Protection Unit in 2011. . . By 2015, they were 24,000 strong, composed entirely of female fighters who went on to liberate more than 50,000km of Syrian territory from ISIS. . . As Abdullah told Women in the World: “With each woman we liberated, we felt that we had liberated an entire nation.” In lieu of seeing her on our stage, we present her story. Head to our Virtual Stage highlights to read more. . Photo:Getty