Human rights advocate Mukwege coming to Winnipeg
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An international human-rights award-winner who created a safe haven for rape victims in one of the world’s worst place to be a woman is coming to Winnipeg in March.
Dr. Denis Mukwege will visit the city Mar. 27 for an evening of music and inspiration and to raise funds for the eastern Congo’s Panzi Hospital he founded in 1999. The event is being chaired by University of Winnipeg president and former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy and organized by Make Music Matter, a non-governmental organization founded by Winnipeg music and film producer Darcy Ataman and Peter Frantz, executive director of Panzi Foundation.
The American Journal of Public Health reports nearly 2 million women have been raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mukwege founded the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu as a refuge and medical treatment facility for some of the many victims.
Mukwege has received global accolades for his work, including the Clinton Global Citizen Award, the UN Human Rights Prize, the French legion of honour award and several nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize.
For more information see www.makemusicmatter.org