Mukwege, Denis: - Dr.
In 2018, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Yazidi human rights activist and sexual violence survivor Nadia Murad..
In Europe, he was awarded the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize award, earning him major public recognition for the first time.
In 2014, he was invited to the White House by Barack Obama.
Now a world renowned gynecological surgeon, he is recognized as the world\'s leading expert on treating rape injuries, and his holistic approach to Healing has inspired other initiatives around the world.
As a child and young man, he was a first-hand witness to racial prejudices, as well as to the economic and moral decay of the Democratic Republic of Congo under dictatorship.
Denis Mukwege was born in the Belgian Congo in 1955.
Mukwege, Denis: - Dr
