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Denis Mukwege

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Denis Mukwege

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Also known as Denis M. Mukwege, Denis M Mukwege, Denis Mukeng MM MKKMOere Mukwege, Denis Mukengere Mukwege

Congolese gynecologist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

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Denis Mukwege is a male human rights defender, gynecologist, obstetrician, and pastor born in 1955 in Bukavu. He holds citizenship in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium. Mukwege is employed by Panzi Hospital and is affiliated with the Panzi Hospital and Foundation. He has been educated at the Université libre de Bruxelles, the University of Angers, the Université du Burundi, and the Université de Kinshasa. He speaks French and follows Pentecostalism.

His notable works include *Réparer les femmes*, *Un manifiesto por la vida*, *La force des femmes*, *La fuerza de las mujeres*, and *Power of Women*. Mukwege has received the Olof Palme Prize, the Knight of the Legion of Honour, the Sakharov Prize, and the Right Livelihood Award. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and The Elders. He is recognized in the Nobel Peace collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

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  • Réparer les femmes
  • Un manifiesto por la vida
  • La force des femmes
  • La fuerza de las mujeres
  • Power of Women

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Peace Prize2018

    “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”

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Instance of
human
Given name
Denis
Gender
male
Citizenship
Belgium
Place of birth
Bukavu
Occupation
obstetrician
Educated at
Université de Kinshasa
Employer
Panzi Hospital
Languages spoken
French
Religion
Pentecostalism
Academic degree
University of Angers
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Denis Mukwege 2018.jpg
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Denis Mukwege
date of birth
1955-03-01
name in native language
Denis Mukwege
relative
Fabrice Mvita
birth name
Denis Mukwege
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Human rights
member of
The Elders
social media followers
275173
affiliation string
Panzi Hospital and Foundation
interested in
gynaecology
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Encyclopedic overview

Denis Mukwege (/mʊkˈweɪɡi/; born 1 March 1955) is a Congolese humanitarian, 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. 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".

Mukwege has treated thousands of women who were victims of rape as a weapon of war since the Second Congo War, some of them more than once, performing up to ten operations a day during his 17-hour working days. According to The Globe and Mail, Mukwege is "likely the world's leading expert on repairing injuries of rape". In 2013, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "his courageous work healing women survivors of war-time sexual violence and speaking up about its root causes."

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