As if we didn’t already love Angelina Jolie, the UN special envoy, actress, and phila
As if we didn’t already love Angelina Jolie, the UN special envoy, actress, and philanthropist gave opening remarks recently at the End Sexual Violence in Conflict Summit in London, partnering with British Foreign Secretary William Hague to plan the four-day event. Some of our favorite Jolie quotes from her inspiring speech: “We must send a message around the world that there is no disgrace in being a survivor of sexual violence, that the shame is on the aggressor.” “There is nothing inevitable about it – it is a weapon of war aimed at civilians. It has nothing to do with sex, everything to do with power.” “[The stigma against rape] feeds ignorance, such as the notion that rape has anything to do with normal sexual impulses.” Such powerful words. Cover image courtesy of Shutterstock. -- source link
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