Dr. Denis Mukwege Fundation
Dr. Mukwege Foundation
The Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation was founded in 2016. His special adviser, Dr. Mukwege, a gynecologist, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate from eastern Congo, has become a leading expert on wartime sexual violence and a global campaigner against the use of rape as a weapon of war.
The Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation supports survivors' demands for a world in which sexual violence as a weapon of war is no longer tolerated and carries consequences for individual perpetrators and states. We work for a future in which survivors receive the comprehensive assistance and compensation they need to rebuild their lives. We create opportunities for survivors to speak out and be heard, and where they can organize to make change, influence policy, and demand justice and accountability.
We long for a future in which sexual violence in conflict is no longer seen as inevitable, but recognized for what it is: a crime that must have consequences. We want the international community to draw the line against wartime sexual violence and hold states and individuals accountable.