A report by Amnesty International published this week found sexual violence in the civil war in South Sudan to be used systematically by all parties. Together with members of the global survivor...

Survivors from 12 different countries from all continents join forces to build a global network and draw attention to the use of rape as a weapon of war. With the support of the Dr. Denis Mukwege...

Organised by the Mukwege Foundation, 25 survivors of conflict-related sexual violence contributed to an exhibition in Geneva. At an extraordinary evening with Dr. Denis Mukwege, the Grand Duchess of...

The Mukwege Foundation is hosting a 4-day retreat in Geneva in June with about 30 survivors of sexual violence from more than ten war-affected countries around the globe. This group includes...

In its efforts to provide holistic support to survivors of sexual violence in conflicts worldwide, the Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation is developing partnerships with different expert organizations in...

The use of chemical weapons has rightly shocked the world. Sexual violence as a weapon of war should cause a similar outrage. By using  poison gas in early April in Syria, a red line was crossed in...

The death of the Congolese gynecologist Gildo Byamungu Magaju, who was a close colleague of Dr. Denis Mukwege, highlights the danger everyone faces who stands up for the vulnerable in Congo. Dr....

Dozens of people were raped during a pro-democracy demonstration at the national soccer stadium in Conakry in 2009. A team of doctors from Congo, led by Dr. Denis Mukwege, visited the Guinean capital...

Women are disproportionately affected by all kinds of sexual violence, not only in conflict zones. At the same time, however, women and adolescents in some countries do not have the same access to the...