Mukwege, Murad win Nobel Peace Prize for fight vs. sexual violence

Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist from Iraq, won this year's Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their contributions to the fight against wartime sexual violence.The award was given for their "efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.Mukwege and Murad, a survivor of sexual slavery by the Islamic State militant group, while risking their lives, have played crucial roles in giving "greater visibility to war-time sexual violence, so that the perpetrators can be held ac…READ FULL ARTICLE