Joint Nobel Peace Prize winner, Denis Mukwege is a gynaecologist who works in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

He and his colleagues have treated thousands of victims of sexual abuse. They were targeted as part of the war in the DR Congo.

In 2013 he told the BBC how his work in that field began:

"It was in 1999 that our first rape victim was brought into the hospital. After being raped, bullets had been fired into her genitals and thighs.
It was in 1999 that our first rape victim was brought into the hospital. After being raped, bullets had been fired into her genitals and thighs.

"I thought that was a barbaric act of war, but the real shock came three months later. Forty-five women came to us with the same story, they were all saying: 'People came into my village and raped me, tortured me.'"
I thought that was a barbaric act of war, but the real shock came three months later. Forty-five women came to us with the same story, they were all saying: 'People came into my village and raped me, tortured me.'"