ABC News Online: Nobel Peace Prize winners urge world to step up when combatting wartime sexual violence
One of the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize says the attention the prize has drawn to sexual violence against women in war zones must be followed by action against the abuses.
Dr Denis Mukwege spoke on Sunday at a news conference with Nadia Murad of Iraq, with whom he shared the 9 million Swedish kronor ($1.9 million) prize.
The doctor was honoured for his work helping sexually abused women at the hospital he founded in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ms Murad, a Yazidi, won for her advocacy for sex abuse victims after being kidnapped by Islamic State militants.
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2018 Nobel Peace Prize Winners Urge Global Action On Wartime Sexual Violence
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Nobel Peace prize winners seek justice for war rape victims -- Reuters
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Demand Global Action on Mass Rape: ‘Enough is Enough!’ -- The New York Times
Nobel peace prize winners call for end to sexual violence -- The Independent
World's indifference to sexual violence must end: Nobel laureates -- Al Jazeera
Nobel Peace Prize winners call for global action against mass rape -- The Hill
World must 'protect' Yazidis, Murad says in Nobel acceptance speech -- France 24
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mukwege worried Congo vote could lead to war -- Reuters
1 comment:
I would hope he'd urge action in the United States against those in Hollywood, TV, entertainment generally, politics, teachers in secondary schools and academics where sexual violence against women and children seems rampant. There is a massive problem with those people, nearly all members of the Democratic Party. What's wrong with that party to have so many predators in their midst?
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