The joint recipients of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize have used their acceptance speeches to draw attention to the sexual violence many women and children are experiencing in conflicts around the world.
Nadia Murad and Dr Denis Mukwege accepted the accolade in a ceremony in Sweden, but say their advocacy work is far from over.
The choice to highlight campaigns against sexual violence came as this year's Nobel Literature Prize was postponed over a rape scandal. Jean-Claude Arnault, the 72-year-old husband of a former member of the Swedish Academy board, was found guilty earlier this month [[3December2018]] of two counts of rape.
He was jailed for two-and-a-half years for the crimes and eight members of the board have either left or disassociated themselves as a result of the scandal.
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