OSLO, Norway (AP) Raped after being forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State group, Nadia Murad did not succumb to shame or despair the young Iraqi woman spoke out. Surgeon Denis Mukwege treated countless victims of sexual violence in war-torn Congo and told the world of their suffering. Together, they were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their campaigns to end rape and sexual abuse as weapons of war.
The award is partly to highlight the awareness of sexual violence. But the further purpose of this is that nations take responsibility, that communities take responsibility and that the international community take responsibility, said Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairwoman of the committee, which bestowed the $1.01-million prize.
Dear survivors from all over the world, I would like to tell you that, through this Nobel Prize, the world is listening to you and refusing indifference, Mukwege, 63, told a news conference outside the hospital he founded in Bukavu in eastern Congo, where he has treated tens of thousands of victims among them women, teenage girls, small girls, babies, he said Friday.
