The Nobel Peace Prize 2018
Awarded on: 2018-10-05
"for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict"
Denis Mukwege
Born: 1955-03-01 in Bukavu, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Gender: male
Field: Congolese gynaecologist and Nobel laureate (born 1955)
Biography
Denis Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist and Pentecostal pastor. He founded and works in Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where he specializes in the treatment of women who have been raped by armed rebels. In 2018, Mukwege and Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict".