Docteur denis mukwege biography of williams

Congolese gynaecologist and Nobel laureate (born 1955)

Denis Mukwege (;^[1] born 1 March 1955)^[2][3] is a Congolesegynecologist^[4] and Pentecostalpastor.^[5] He founded and works in Panzi Hospital in Bukavu,^[5] where he specializes in the treatment of women who have been raped by armed rebels.^[6] In 2018, Mukwege and Iraqi Yazidi human rights activistNadia 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".^[7][8]

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.^[6][9] According to The Globe and Mail, Mukwege is "likely the world's leading expert on repairing injuries of rape".^[10] In 2013, he was a