Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Mukwege | DW Documentary

Denis Mukwege has saved tens of thousands of women’s lives. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Congolese doctor has taken his fight against sexual violence into the political arena. This film looks at Denis Mukwege’s impressive life and work.
Sexual violence against women has long been used as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Denis Mukwege founded the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu in 1999 to provide the victims of sexual violence with medical, psychological and emotional support. In addition to his work as a doctor, Dr. Mukwege is also committed to human rights and tries to raise worldwide awareness of the issue of sexual violence in his country, condemning political restraint in naming and shaming the perpetrators.
In 2012, gunmen broke into Mukwege’s house. Although he and his family survived the attack, his guard was killed and now he lives under the protection of United Nations peacekeepers in his hospital in Bukavu. The women whose physical and emotional integrity and dignity he is committed to restoring are standing by him: activists for peace and the struggle for justice in their country.
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