Bowing to their courage and valor to end sexual violence, Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad awarded the Nobel Prize 2018

NewsBharati    05-Oct-2018
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New Delhi, October 5: Courage and bravery are two sides of the same coin. Overcoming any deliberate actions against our own will with our audacity to fight against it is commendable in every aspect and one such among them is the battle against sexual violence. With creating a change and slating new ideologies by encouraging the will power to fight every obstacle is something one should learn.

Living inspirations to the world, as they rightfully worked hard to combat their obstacles with immense courage and bravery, Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad have been conferred with the most prestigious Nobel Award. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.

 

With an intention of sending a message that “women, who constitute half of the population, are used as a weapons of war, and they need protection, and the perpetrators have to be held responsible and prosecuted for their actions,” the Norwegian Noble Committee conferred the award to these social activists for their incredible efforts to end sexual violence.

 

Speaking at the announcement, Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee paid tribute to both, saying the pair have “put their personal security at risk by courageously combating war crime and seeking justice for victims.”

To the man who mends women: Denis Mukwege

Denis Mukwege is a world-renowned Congolese surgeon and the founder and medical director of Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

 

Mukwege has been seen as savior for victims of sexual violence in his native country, where his surgery has become a refuge and beacon of hope for thousands of women. Through his work, he has earned the moniker "the man who mends women." At his hospital, women are treated for vaginal fistula -a muscular tear caused by violent rape, and are also given counseling and treatment for the psychological repercussions of their experiences.

A former ISIS sex slave turned activist: Nadia Murad

Respecting a women for her bravery and valor to come forth fighting against injustice on women by ISIS. Nadia Murad is a human rights activist from Iraq. She was one of an estimated 3,000 girls and women from the Yazidi minority who were victims of rape and other abuses by the terror group ISIS when it overran key cities in the country in 2014.

 

In testimony to the United States Congress in June 2016, Murad detailed how she and thousands of other Yazidi women and girls enslaved and raped by their ISIS captors. She recounted how six of her brothers and her mother were executed by ISIS in a single day.

Murad eventually escaped to Mosul where a Muslim family helped her obtain fake Islamic identification that enabled her to escape ISIS territory. In 2016, at the age of just 23, she was named the UN’s first Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking, the Nobel committee said.