Denis Mukwege

Denis Mukwege

Denis Mukwege (; born 1 March 1955) is a Congolese gynecologist and Pentecostal pastor. He founded and works in Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where he specializes in the treatment of women who have been raped by armed rebels.In 2018, Mukwege and Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict".Denis’ continued demand for justice for the victims of the Congo conflict has resulted in him receiving threats against his life and the Panzi hospital. He has received these death threats largely on social media platforms, which emerged from various sources including Mukwege's country of origin, the DRC, and adjoining countries, namely Rwanda and Uganda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis Mukwege has received more than 733,264 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Denis Mukwege is the 125th most popular social activist (down from 89th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Social Activist.

Denis Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist who has been working for the past two decades to help women who have been victims of rape and sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has performed over 30,000 surgeries and has been the target of many death threats.