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Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates

Sarah Montague speaks to the winners of 2018's Nobel Peace Prize, Nadia Murad and Dr Denis Mukwege. Can the terrible practice of sexual violence in war ever be stopped?

In a special edition of Hardtalk from Oslo, Sarah Montague speaks to the winners of 2018's Nobel Peace Prize. Nadia Murad and Dr Denis Mukwege have been jointly awarded the prize 'for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict'. Nadia Murad, of Iraq's Yazidi community, was kidnapped and suffered sexual abuse as a prisoner of the so-called Islamic State group. Dr Mukwege is a gynaecologist and the founder of the Panzi Hospital that helps to treat women and children raped and sexually abused in the ongoing civil conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Can the terrible practice of sexual violence in war ever be stopped?

30 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterSarah Montague
Interviewed GuestNadia Murad
Interviewed GuestDenis Mukwege

Broadcasts

  • Tue 11 Dec 201800:30GMT
  • Tue 11 Dec 201804:30GMT
  • Wed 12 Dec 201800:30GMT
  • Fri 14 Dec 201800:30GMT
  • Fri 14 Dec 201801:30GMT