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Denis Mukwege, DRC’s Nobel Prize winner, announces presidency bid

Nobel Peace Prize-winning doctor worked with victims of rape and brought attention to sexual violence during conflicts.

Al Jazeera · Oct 2, 2023

Inside George and Amal Clooney’s A-list studded Albie Awards

The Hollywood power couple hosted an exclusive soirée to honour defenders of justice, which featured tear-jerking speeches and a performance by Alicia Keys

Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2023

4 environmental, human rights activists awarded 'Alternative Nobel' prizes

The Right Livelihood Award — known as the “Alternative Nobel” — has been awarded to two environment activists from Kenya and Cambodia, a human right defender from Ghana and a humanitarian group that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

Congo Nobel laureate asks U.N. to sanction Rwanda for alleged rebel support

Congo Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege has called for United Nations sanctions against Rwanda for its alleged support of the M23 rebel movement in eastern Congo, whose resurgence this year has led to bloody clashes and displaced hundreds of thousands.

Reuters · Dec 12, 2022

James Cleverly was out of his depth, but stopping sexual violence matters

Yesterday Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said: “Sexual violence is morally abhorrent, it is illegal, and yet it is still happening all around the world.” And so he carried on his speech at the opening of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative conference. It was more platitude than anything else.…

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2022

Sophie Wessex joins Ukraine's First Lady in call to eradicate the evil of wartime rape

Sophie Countess of Wessex appeared alongside First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, who said that sexual violence during conflict was being perpetrated “systematically and openly”

Daily Mirror · Nov 29, 2022

Angelina Jolie: World must bring Vladimir Putin’s war rapists to justice

Exclusive: Angelina Jolie calls for stronger campaign to stop sexual violence in conflict including in Ukraine

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2022

Action is needed right now to end sexual violence in conflict

Despite pledges from governments worldwide, not nearly enough has been done over the past decade to help survivors and deter perpetrators, says UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022

Nobel laureate Nadia Murad: 'Sexual violence does not go away when war is over'

In 2014, Nadia Murad was captured, alongside many other Yazidi women, by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in the Iraqi town of Sinjar. She was held hostage, enslaved, tortured and raped, before escaping to Mosul and making her way to Germany. After sharing the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize with…

France 24 · Nov 11, 2022

Sophie tells Congolese rape survivors their voices can inspire change

The countess is on an official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo – the first by a member of the British royal family.

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022