The winners of the 2018 Nobel peace prize (Photo: Reuters)Mukwege, a gynecologist and surgeon, 63, has long worked to treat thousands of women and girls affected by rape and sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr. Mukwege heads the Panzi Hospital in the eastern Congolese city of Bukavu. Opened in 1999, the clinic receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery from sexual violence. He had devoted his life to defending these victims. Murad, 25, was one of an estimated 3,000 Yazidi women and girls subjected to horrific abuse, including rape, by ISIS militants. Nadia Murad was abducted with other Yazidi women in August 2014 when their home village of Kocho in Sinjar, northern Iraq, was attacked by ISIS. Captured alongside her sisters, she lost six brothers and her mother as the extremists killed the village’s men and any women considered too old to be sexually exploited. She eventually escaped and had shown uncommon courage in repeatedly … [Read more...] about Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad win 2018 Nobel peace prize
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Congolese Mukwege, Iraq’s Murad win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
By Reuters  October 5, 2018 | 04:38 pm GMT+7 A combination picture shows the Nobel Prize for Peace 2018 winners: Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad (L) and Denis Mukwege. Photo by Reuters The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been given to two people who work to fight sexual violence as a weapon in war. Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State in Iraq, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it had awarded them the prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. "Both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, such war crimes," it said in its citation. Mukwege, a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leads the Panzi Hospital in the eastern city of Bukavu. Opened in … [Read more...] about Congolese Mukwege, Iraq’s Murad win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
Anti-nuclear campaign group wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
A campaign group seeking a global ban on nuclear arms won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, given the award by a Nobel Committee that cited the spread of weapons to North Korea and said the risk was growing of nuclear war. Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) receives a bottle of champagne from her husband Will Fihm Ramsay (R) next to Daniel Hogsta, coordinator, while they celebrate after ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize 2017, in Geneva, Switzerland October 6, 2017. The award to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was unexpected, particularly in a year when the architects of the 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran had been seen as favorites for achieving the sort of diplomatic breakthrough that has won the prize in the past. Supporters described … [Read more...] about Anti-nuclear campaign group wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia wins Nobel Peace Prize
(VOVworld) - This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet on Thursday. The quartet includes the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade, and Handicrafts (UTICA), the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH), and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers. The Quartet was honored for their decisive contributions as mediators to peace and democracy in Tunisia when Tunisia was on the brink of civil war. … [Read more...] about National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia wins Nobel Peace Prize
Pakistani teenager wins Nobel Peace Prize
(VOVworld) - Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for risking their lives to fight for children's rights. The decision made Malala, a 17-year-old student and education activist, the youngest-ever Nobel winner. When she was a student there, Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago for insisting that girls as well as boys have the right to an education. Surviving several operations with the help of British medical care, she continued both her activism and her studies. Appropriately, Malala was at school in the central English city of Birmingham at the time of the Nobel announcement and was expected to make a statement later Friday. … [Read more...] about Pakistani teenager wins Nobel Peace Prize