Mukwege and Murad Nobel Peace Prize

Gynecologist Denis Mukwege, who deals with victims of sexual violence in Congo and Nadia Murad, activist from Jazid for human rights and survivor of sexual slavery from the Islamic State in Iraq, are the winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.

From the Norwegian Nobel Committee, they said they have shared this award because of their contribution to ending the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

The two laureates have made a big contribution to attracting attention and fighting this war crime”, the report said.

This year there were 331 appointed for the 216 award, of which individuals and 115 groups, the Nobel Committee said.

Mukwege, a gynecologist who treats victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, heads the Panzi hospital in the eastern town of Bukavu.

The open hospital in 1999 accepts thousands of women each year seeking intervention after sexual violence.

Murad, meanwhile, is a guardian of the Jazidi minority in Iraq, as well as of the rights of women and refugees in general. It was violated and enslaved by the Islamic State in Mosul in 2014.

The Nobel Prize will be split in Oslo, Norway, on December 10th, on the anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who was founder of that award in 1985.

The prize, each year, is shared by an individual or group that has done the most to promote world peace.

Last year, the winner has been the International Nuclear Arms Elimination Campaign.