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On Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 4:30pm
At the Institut Français du Nigeria
On the eve of the 2015 Human Rights Day,
we kindly invite you to attend a panel discussion on violence against
women and girls in the North-East of Nigeria and the screening of “The
Man Who Mends Women”, a documentary by Thierry
Michel picturing the action of the famous Congolese Dr Denis Mukwege.
Panel discussion on violence against women and girls in the North-East of Nigeria
Panel discussion on violence against women and girls in the North-East of Nigeria
With high-level speakers both from the public and the private sector (federal authorities, civil society members, journalists…).
“The Man Who Mends Women: The Wrath of Hippocrates”
By Thierry Michel and Colette Braeckman
Belgium, Congo, USA, Documentary, 2015, 112mins
In French with English subtitles.
Winner of the Sakharov Prize 2014, Doctor
Mukwege is internationally known as the man who mends thousands of women
who have been raped during the 20 years of conflicts in the East of the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
His endless struggle to put an end to these atrocities and denounce the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators is not welcome. At the end of 2012, the Doctor miraculously survived an attempt on his life. Threatened with death, this doctor with an exceptional destiny now lives cloistered in his hospital in Bukavu under the protection of the United Nations peacekeepers. But he is no longer alone in his struggle. The women to whom he has restored physical integrity and dignity, stand beside him, true activists for peace, hungry for justice.
His endless struggle to put an end to these atrocities and denounce the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators is not welcome. At the end of 2012, the Doctor miraculously survived an attempt on his life. Threatened with death, this doctor with an exceptional destiny now lives cloistered in his hospital in Bukavu under the protection of the United Nations peacekeepers. But he is no longer alone in his struggle. The women to whom he has restored physical integrity and dignity, stand beside him, true activists for peace, hungry for justice.
Watch the trailer
here
Free entry
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Institut Français du Nigeria, 52 Libreville Street, off Aminu Kano Crescent, beside Mr Biggs, Wuse 2, Abuja
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