it's not a surprise actually i was very happy that finally dennis macwhich a has been you know named and has been given this prize this time around you know that he has been favorite for us i mean like people have been speculating for quite a long time that he should be given this this prize he has been named still miracle because he is a believer he is he has been fighting against sexual violence for quite a long time and you know about his. own vision he founded his hospital in one thousand nine hundred nine and that hospital actually was founded because he has seen misery of many women being suffering with lung without being helped and for that reason i think he deserved and this prize put to today it has been not a surprise but it has been a great moment for not only him but khamenei people who are fighting against against sexual violence some to tell us more about his life and how he came to do this work. dennison macwhich i actually was born in one thousand nine hundred fifty five he was the third of nine children he started many sins but he studied medicine because he wanted t

that's the moment dennis macwhich a head good one is a gynecologist who helps women recover from rape in the democratic republic of congo he shares the prize with not dmn where rad should say a cd human rights activist and survival of sexual slavery also coming up. in the u.s. senate votes to advance press covenants nomination to the supreme court the move is likely to further polarize republicans and democrats on boards over his candidacy a second final confirmation vote is set for saturday plus. jews in germany sound the alarm off to the far right if tea party moves to set up a jewish group of its own jews cannot be involved in a party which is clearly associated with anti semitic motivations and anti semitic people it doesn't make sense to trust people like that so we're reporting how the a.f.p. is playing on some jewish communities fears of muslim until semitism. egypt . glad you could join us to campaigners for victims of sexual violence this of the when i was rather of this year's nobel peace prize the committee chose to honestly to come pain and not arrived and congolese dr den

norwegian nobel institute awards to campaigners working to end of sexual violence as a weapon of war dennis macwhich e a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence is a democratic republic of congo and not be a moron again cd human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by the islamic state in iraq we'll talk about complainers also coming up surfer bawler christiana we're not all that was left off of portugal squad the team captain will not play into international matches next week that's after a woman said he raped her we'll hear from one of the journalist who broke the story . and leading jewish figures in germany sound the alarm to the far right party moves to set up a jewish group on its own the party has been accused of flirting with neo nazi. i'm serious almost gone that's got to have you with us to campaigners for victims of sexual abuse of the winners of this year's nobel peace prize congolese dr dennis mccuaig and yazidi campaigner not him a rod were honored for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence during war nobel committee chairwoman chairwoman barrett reese ander

dennis macwhich it is to him who has devoted his life to defending these victims. the rod is the witness who tales of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others each of them in their own will. has hill to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions. the physician denis macwhich has spent a large part of his life helping victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo since the pouncey hospital was established in the cargo in two thousand and eight dr mccoy and his staff have treated thousands of patients who have four victims to such assaults. most of the abuses have been committed in the context of a long lasting civil war that has cost the lives of more than six million congolese. dennis machir is the foremost most unifying symbol both nationally and internationally of the struggle to end sexual violence in war and armed conflicts his basic principle is that justice is everyone's business men and women officers and soldiers local national and international authorities

alternative nobel helium croton as a member of the awards international jury i asked him about dennis macwhich his work. dennis mccuaig as an ecologist so he is known as the men who men's women technically really doing surgery on the atrocious. injuries women suffer from sexual s. violence in eastern congo of the past twenty years. but he also makes sure that he provides that he treats the women as a human being gifts restore state dignity he provide psychological care he provides legal aid because you have to be aware that rape as it is something where a lot of impunity happens that means even if the perpetrator is known there not culture justice so you make sure that women get legal aid to actually sue and get convictions on the perpetrators you make sure that the women are able to find a living giving for example micro finance helping them to start an existence so it's a very holistic view monistic of croce's following and he has been treating over fifty thousand women since he started punching a hospital about twenty years ago wow this work has made him an a minus. yes i mean he doesn't on

and i is helped most old maraud was able to escape and has since been resettled in germany and dennis macwhich is the congolese going to colleges to works in the war torn east of the country he runs a hospital that provided treatment for thousands of women and is a world renowned expert on helping women recover from rape and sexual violence he's also an outspoken campaigner on the issue of describing rape as a weapon of mass destruction macwhich i said he was in surgery when he heard the news that he'd been awarded the peace prize and said i can see in the faces of many women how they are happy to be recognized. well let's first talk about not we have . with us here in our studio sandra you have actually spent time in northern iraq with the community you were just there again this year she's been announced as one of the laureates does that come as a surprise to you a little bit yes yesterday we were speaking in the office i thought it must be someone linked to the maybe need to campaign that has you know captured the imagination of people across the globe but not just self i thought yeah maybe

the right livelihoods directors and joins us from london welcome to day w a tell us more about dennis macwhich his work. as was mentioned dennis mcquade is a gynecologist he is a surgeon and he had for several decades developed methods of such a relief for women who had been affected not only by rape but also by sisters and other logical conditions then he saw more and more victims of these sexualized atrocities coming into his hospital and that has turned him into the global voice against sexualized violence which he now is and he's working he he didn't just work with the women's bodies did he think he took a much more holistic approach to healing. indeed the hospital also works on the psychosocial cares the the surgery of course is important and a lot can be done to help victims but then the long term perspective of how to find back in to live how to find back in to their families as was mentioned when we saw the pictures from congo that is just as important. what sort of person is hey. he's probably one of the most humble most humane human beings that i know of he is someone who already ate

dennis macwhich it is the hill who has devoted his life to defending these victims. rod is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others each of them in their own way. has him to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions well tash are going to name has more now on. who spent the last four years campaigning for justice. nudge him a rod refused to be shamed and refused to be silenced four years ago i saw fighters attacked her village in northern iraq she was taken captive and sold repeatedly for sex for her lebanese. he humiliated me every day he forced me to wear coats that didn't cover my body i was tortured i tried to flame but one of the gods stopped me and that night he beat me he asked me to take my clothes off and put me in a room with the gods then they proceeded to commit their crime and i thank you since she escaped from i still controlled mosul she has fought to put the suffering of the persecuted minority in iraq in the global spotlight not in the news s

the region nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for twenty eighteen to dennis macwhich yeah and. for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and conflict. dr mccuaig had treated thousands of victims of rape in the democratic republic of congo and has repeatedly condemned governments for not doing enough to stop sexual abuse. now the mirage is an iraqi has eady who was attacked by isis fighters and have village north in iraq four years ago she's campaigned for justice ever some. rape in modern day conflict is being seen in many parts of the world. was added to the un's list in april i am a security forces accused of targeting the hindu women and girls. it's not a new phenomenon during the bosnian war more than twenty years ago some estimates put the number of women raped during the conflict as up to fifty thousand and during the nine hundred ninety four genocide in rwanda human rights watch said it may never know how many women were raped it's not just sexual violence in war that's making the headlines football superstar cristiana rinaldo is fi

the committee chose to honor yazidi campaign or not be a rod and congolese dr dennis macwhich for their efforts to put a stop to rape as a weapon of war. not here mourad was one of those women in two thousand and fourteen she was kidnapped in mosul and handed over to a militant from the so-called islamic state by religious she managed to escape and described her ordeal to the un security council. humiliated on an every day he gave me clothes that didn't cover my body i could no longer bear the rape and torture so why escaped. in two thousand and fourteen years edis in northern iraq fled i asked militants. well you see the men were killed some three thousand girls and women were taken as slaves. nattie who are out went on to become the un's first goodwill ambassador for survivors of human trafficking. denis mukwege is a renowned gun ecologist who treats victims of sexual violence he has helped tens of thousands of women at his hospital in east congo. as a weapon of war is dish humanizing and he mini ating in need of a weapon which has plagued east congo for decades here the offenders go

of what closely with dr dennis mcguire through the years what can you tell us about his reaction to winning the nobel prize and what it means to him thank you i've known dr macwhich for about fifteen years and today he actually was at his hospital in bukavu in eastern congo performing surgery he had not heard anything he doesn't take his telephone of course into the operating room so he was finishing an operation and he said that he heard a lot of women making an enormous amount of noise and he realized that they were. raising their voices with joy and he says that is how he learned that he was the nobel of nobel peace prize winner for this year really it couldn't be a more fitting way that this amazing man was doing what he loves to do being a doctor in the operating room. helping a person in need and then he hears the cries of joy of the women of bukavu and that's how the noise comes to him. how will the nobel price a dock to mccuaig a in his way raise his profile but more importantly costs a much needed spotlight on what it is that he's doing. but dr mcwhorter certainly hopes as do we all that this prize will raise global attention to this scourge of sexual vi