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Fight to end rape in war must begin in peacetime: Mukwege

Mukwege who has treated tens of thousands of victims of sexual violence says he has been heartened by the #MeToo movement. [AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ]

Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege may have won his Nobel prize for his work to end sexual violence in war, but the crusading surgeon said the groundwork for equality must be laid in peacetime, as he praised movements like #MeToo.

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