Denis Mukwege
b. 1955 · DR Congo · Medicine, Peace
Nobel Peace Prize, 2018
Surgeon who has treated tens of thousands of survivors of wartime sexual violence.
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- Nelson Mandela
1918 – 2013 · Peace, Philosophy
Post-conflict reconciliation and dignity language shape Mukwege's advocacy.
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