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
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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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Angelina Jolie campaign 'has failed' to stamp out sexual violence as a weapon of war
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- Published on Friday, 15 April 2016 20:03
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A campaign launched by Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to crackdown on using rape as a weapon of war has failed to stamp out sexual violence in conflict, peers warn today.Angelina and former Foreign Secretary William Hague waged a high-profile fight to tackle the sick practice four years ago.But a House of Lords committee today says it is “as prevalent, if not more prevalent” than when they co-founded the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative.More than 120 countries pledged to wipe out eradicate the “barbaric” practice.But peers have warned that the Government must “redouble” its efforts to ensure progress is not “squandered” and said there “remains much more to be done”.Committee chairman Baroness Nicholson said: “If that good start is not to be squandered, it is time for a clear strategic plan on how to take forward the battle against sexual violence in conflict.“We need a five-year strategy with the PSVI’s work appropriately resourced and embedded across Government.“Victims of sexual violence in conflict face unimaginable trauma, which is then exacerbated by the stigma they then often face in their own communities. Their needs must be the priority for organisations working in post-conflict zones.
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