as was mentioned dennis mcquade is 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 via a sister and other kind of 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 always working 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 surgery of course is important and a lot can be done to help victims but then the long perspective of how to find back into life how to find back in to their families as was mentioned when we saw the pictures from congo that is just as important as what sort of person is he. he is probably one of the most humble most humane human beings that i know of he is someone who already ate an incredible warmth although you know and you can feel the suffering that he's exposed to and at the same ti

some to last us with us from the africa desk and she joins us from boston we're talking about dennis mcquade the other laureate here a sub that thanks for joining us now dennis macwhich it has been honored by the u.n. many other organizations in the past for his work he's been called dr americal did this announcement come as a surprise to you. it's not a surprise actually i was very happy that finally dennis mcquade 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 as miracle because he is a believer he is he has been fighting against sexual violence for quite a long time and to you know about his. own vision he founded his hospital in one thousand nine hundred nine and that hospital actually was founded because he had seen misery of many women being suffering with young 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 mo

dennis mcquade 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 sexualized violence in eastern congo of for 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 does not call to 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 human ness that gov croce is following and he has been treating over fifty thousand women since he started pumping hospital about twenty years ago wow this work has made him an a minus. yes i mean he doesn't only treat women holistically but he also calls out the root causes for this violence he says very clearly this i

dennis mcquade has been on the nobel shortlist for about ten years why is there a reason he made the time and in choosing between three hundred thirty one candidates almost record high number what were the main challenges in finding a unifying decision. well first of all i cannot comment on who has been on the committees shortlist we are instructed by the will of alfred nobel not to speak about our deliberations we only communicate to you who has actually been found worth of receiving the prize each year. and then i can really just reply your question by stating again that. taking this subject into consideration highlighting the poor of the subject we found that these two individuals in a most significant way have actually been vocal on this subject that is of course not to say that there are. other individuals other efforts who also address this subject and they also need they deserve thanks and recognition with this prize we recognize the two individuals that we believe have been in front of this chorus. madam chair and then tom i work for a gentle way on but i would rather not aga