2018 Nobel Peace Prize for doctors and activists against sexual violence

The most notable award in the Nobel system went to Congo's Dr Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, the victim of IS, for their efforts to end sexual violence.

The Nobel Peace Prize went to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a war weapon and armed conflict, according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee's statement on Thursday. ten.

"Both have risked their lives when bravely fighting war crimes and reclaiming justice for victims," the Norwegian Nobel Committee representative said during the awards ceremony.

The use of sexual violence as a weapon of war has been going on for centuries, but it has only recently been recognized as a crime against species with the United Nations Resolution 1820 in 2008.

The award was announced at the #MeToo movement, a worldwide anti-sexual movement, marking a year of birth. Over the past year, repeated allegations of sexual abuse, rape and harassment have "deposed" many powerful men.

Two owners of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. (Photo: Norwegian Nobel Committee).

Speak up for other victims

Doctor Denis Mukwege spent most of his adult life helping victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He and his team treated thousands of patients who were victims of violence.

The doctor known as the "Miracle Doctor" has repeatedly condemned the fact that a person is not punished for gang rape and criticizes the Congolese government and many countries for not making enough efforts to stop using sexual violence against women like war strategy and weapons.

Dr. Mukwege has been predicted to win the Nobel Peace Prize for many years and is also on the final list for about 10 years. Guardian reporter Katharine Viner said he was "one of the greatest men alive".

Nadia Murad, 25, is a witness who recounts abuses that happened to her and others. She showed extraordinary courage in telling what she had suffered and spoke up for other victims.

Murad was one of about 3,000 Yazidi women and girls who became victims of rape and other forms of abuse that proclaimed Islamic State (IS) rebels. These abuses are systematic and part of a military strategy. They are seen as weapons in the battle against Yazidi and other religious minorities.

The second young owner of Nobel Peace

Activist Murad is also the co-owner of the European Union's prestigious Sakharov Human Rights Award 2016. In the same year, she won the Council of Europe's Vaclav Havel Award.

Murad was arrested along with his sisters in August 2014 when their village in northern Iraq was attacked by the IS. She lost six brothers and her mother because IS killed men and women who were thought to be too old to sexually abuse.

At the age of 25, she became the second young owner of the Nobel Peace Prize, after Malala Yousafzai, who was only 17 when she received the prize in 2014.

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most interesting and controversial awards in the Nobel Prize system. From 1901 to 2017, this award was given 98 times for 104 individuals and 24 organizations.

A total of 331 individuals and organizations were nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The awards ceremony will take place in Oslo, the Norwegian capital, on December 10, commemorating the death of the "father" of the Alfred Nobel prize.

Most recently, the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for "their efforts to attract attention to disasters caused by the use of nuclear weapons and successful breakthrough to achieve the treaty to disseminate this destructive weapon ".

There is no Nobel Literature in the season

The 2018 Nobel season kicked off on October 1 with the first prize awarded in medicine. Two scientists James P. Allison (USA) and Tasuku Honjo (Japan) were honored for their research on cancer treatment using a negative immunosuppressive mechanism.

The Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded on October 2 to three scientists Arthur Ashkin (USA), Gerard Mourou (France) and Donna Strickland (Canada) for their breakthroughs in the field of laser physics.

Scientist Frances H. Arnold (USA) and scientist George P. Smith (USA) and researcher Gregory P. Winter (UK) share the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on October 3 with methods of using raw materials Gene changes and gene selection, are highly applicable.

This year, the Nobel Prize for Literature was not awarded because of scandals related to sexual harassment allegations at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences .