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Nadia Murad and Dr. Denis Mukwege. Both has campaigned against the use of rape as a weapon of war.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/oct/05/nobel-peace-prize-2018-live-updates
The committee says the Congolese doctor, Denis Mukwege has been “the foremost, most unifying symbol both nationally and internationally of the struggle to end sexual violence in war and armed conflict”.
Nadia Murad, a member of the Yazidi minority in Iraq, was captured by Isis and repeatedly raped and subjected to other abuses. The committee says she showed “uncommon courage in recounted her own suffering”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/oct/05/nobel-peace-prize-2018-live-updates