VIDEO. 2017 Aurora Prize finalist Denis Mukwege

VIDEO. 2017 Aurora Prize finalist Denis Mukwege

An obstetrician turned gynecological surgeon who is providing physical, psychological and legal support to more than 50,000 survivors of sexual violence in the war-torn country while fearlessly seeking to bring to justice those responsible 

“We need to say as an international community, rape is not acceptable in conflict. If you win a war by destroying women, you will never be accepted as a leader. We need a cultural shift on the ground; men need to understand that to protect women is to protect themselves, and that respect for women is the key to real masculinity. There is still a long way to go – we all need to understand that rape isn’t a women’s issue, it’s a human issue. It destroys our common humanity, and we must do all we can to protect and rebuild that.”

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