Angelina Jolie Pitt and Mary Berry to guest edit Radio 4 Woman’s Hour
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 June 2016 11:40
- Written by The guardian
Actor and Bake Off presenter among five guest editors examining topics from sexual violence in conflict to beekeeping.Angelina Jolie Pitt is to examine sexual violence in conflict and women’s health, while Mary Berry will discuss topics including gardening as therapy and beekeeping, in their roles as special guest editors of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.Jolie, a United Nations special envoy who was appointed a visiting professor at the London School of Economics last month, will host the final edition of the week in which Woman’s Hour is taken over by five guest editors, from 13-17 June.Berry, the co-host of BBC1’s The Great British Bake Off, will cover an eclectic range of topics including the legacy of the Guides and how you can express yourself with homemade presents and handwritten notes.“I have chosen subjects close to my heart. I still have my cooking badge and wonder how guiding has changed from my day,” Berry said. “Gardening as therapy – after a busy day recipe testing or filming inside, I cannot wait to get into the garden. And I’m thinking of keeping bees.”
The other guest editors include Jackie Kay, Scotland’s makar, the country’s poet laureate, who will examine topics such as how writers are responding to the stories of refugees, and living with a skin condition.The England and Chelsea footballer Eniola Aluko will explore subjects including encouraging girls from deprived backgrounds into sport to develop their confidence, and balancing a social life with a busy job.It is the third year that the BBC has run a takeover week, with the first featuring JK Rowling and Doreen Lawrence, mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence.Last year’s guest editors included Kim Cattrall and the Ultimo lingerie founder Michelle Mone.The daily magazine programme, presented by Jane Garvey and Jenni Murray, launched a new Late Night Woman’s Hour strand last August, fronted by the DJ and writer Lauren Laverne.
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Angelina Jolie to teach at London School of Economics on women in conflict
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- Published on Monday, 23 May 2016 17:05
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Hollywood actress and former UK foreign minister William Hague become visiting professors after joint campaign to end sexual violence against women in conflict.Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is to join the London School of Economics (LSE) as a visiting professor on a new masters course on women, peace and security, the school announced on Monday.The LSE said the course, which starts next year, is the first of its kind globally and will be run by the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security which was launched last year by Jolie and Britain's former foreign secretary, William Hague."It is vital that we broaden the discussion on how to advance women's rights and end impunity for crimes that disproportionately affect women, such as sexual violence in conflict," Jolie, a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR), said in a statement."I am looking forward to teaching and to learning from the students, as well as to sharing my own experiences of working alongside governments and the United Nations."Hague will also be joining LSE as a visiting professor.The Oscar-winning actress and Hague have become an unlikely double-act on campaigning to end sexual violence against women in conflict.The partnership was sparked by Jolie's 2011 directorial debut "In the Land of Blood and Honey" that was set against the backdrop of the 1992-95 Bosnian war in which an estimated 20,000 women were believed to have been raped.The pair co-founded the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative in 2012 to rally global action on such crimes, increase the numbers of perpetrators brought to justice and ensure better support for survivors.They co-hosted the first global conference on the issue in London in 2014.Hague said the new course would help underpin their work by developing research to help tackle the culture of impunity. (Editing by Belinda Goldsmith; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, which covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, corruption and climate change. Visit news.trust.org to see more stories.)
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Angelina Jolie Fights to Help Refugees During World on the Move Day Speech
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 May 2016 04:05
- Written by Just Jared
Angelina Jolie spoke at the BBC’s World on the Move day to shed light on different issues involving migration around the globe.The actress, director, and activist spoke about refugees, and the “breakdown” of the system.“The number of conflicts and scale of displacement had grown so large,” Angelina said in her passionate speech. “This tells us something deeply worrying about the peace and security of the world…The average time a person will be displaced is now nearly 20 years.”
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Angelina Jolie: ‘Refugee Situation in Greece is Deteriorating’
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- Published on Sunday, 24 April 2016 11:55
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Hollywood actress, celebrity, humanitarian, and UNHCR ambassador; Angelina Jolie was in Greece a few days ago to examine the refugee crisis first-hand.On her visit she went to several refugee camps overwhelmed with migrants and refugees fleeing conflict and desperately seeking to find a new home – potentially in other European countries. The FYROM has made a firm decision in closing its border, while Greece wrestles with how to manage several thousand migrants and Turkey hosts over 2 million migrants.PM Alexis Tsipras confirmed in a conversation with Jolie that at least 30,000 migrants are trapped on the Greek mainland due to the unilateral actions of Balkan countries.Jolie said the refugees were stuck in a “deteriorating humanitarian situation” and needed help. She spend about 30 minutes at the Port of Piraeus and also visited a camp in Eleonas.There have been conflicting reports on whether the action of the European Union to broker a deal with Turkey to assist Greece in this refugee crisis has been beneficial, as well as if it is at all “humane” for Balkan countries, such as the FYROM, to firmly commit to not permitting additional entry of refugees or migrants. Many migrants have sought to go to the FYROM through the Greek border of Indomeni but have been sent back.
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Angelina Jolie Meets with Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
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- Published on Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:15
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Angelina Jolie shakes hands with the current Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon while meeting on Wednesday (April 20) in The Hague, the Netherlands.According to the United Nations’ Twitter account, “Mrs Ban & @UN Secretary-General met @Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt for talks on Syria & more.” That same day, the Secretary-General also visited the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to speak to the progress achieved on the destruction of chemical weapons.See the photos of Angelina meeting the Secretary-General and his wife below…
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