Denis Mukwege

Denis Mukwege is a world-renowned gynecologist, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate from east Congo. He has become the world’s leading specialist in the treatment of wartime sexual violence and a global campaigner against the use of rape as a weapon of war. He has worked to increase protections for women and to advocate that those responsible for sexual violence be brought to justice, including the Congolese government and militia groups laying siege to eastern DRC. Dr. Mukwege is the founder of the Panzi Foundation.