Brad Pitt Supports Fiance Angelina Jolie at Day Three of Global Summit To End Sexual Violence!
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- Published on Thursday, 12 June 2014 17:05
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Angelina Jolie looks chic and sophisticated in a black suit while attending day three of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict at ExCel on Wednesday (June 12) in London, England.The 39-year-old actress and humanitarian, who is the official co-host for the conference, was joined by her fiance Brad Pitt and Foreign Secretary William Hague.“It is a myth that rape is an inevitable part of conflict. There’s nothing inevitable about it,” Angelina recently expressed to CNN. “It is a weapon of war aimed at civilians. It has nothing to do with sex, everything to do with power. 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.”
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Angelina Jolie Joins Foreign Secretary William Hague for Day Two of Global Summit!
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 June 2014 16:36
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Angelina Jolie steps out looking gorgeous as she attends day two of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict at ExCel on Wednesday (June 11) in London, England.The 39-year-old actress and humanitarian is co-hosting the four day conference alongside frequent collaborator, Foreign Secretary William Hague.The day before, Angelina rocked an all white ensemble to speak on stage during the opening of the Summit Fringe – Check out the highlights from day one below!
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Angelina Jolie Calls for an End to Sexual Violence in Conflict Alongside Foreign Secretary William Hague
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 June 2014 20:20
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Angelina Jolie steps out to speak at the Global Summit To End Sexual Violence In Conflict on Tuesday (June 10) in London, England.The 39-year-old actress and humanitarian is co-hosting the four day conference alongside frequent collaborator, Foreign Secretary William Hague.“This will be the greatest concentration of effort, of discussion and decision ever seen in combating sexual violence in conflict,” Secretary Hague told the crowd during their opening (via AFP).“Human Rights Watch’s own research shows that in Syria and Libya sexual violence against men has been part of the pattern of sexualised torture, particularly for men who are in detention or who are being held by the regime or militia,” Angelina added.
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Angelina Jolie, William Hague to open summit on rape in war
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 June 2014 10:56
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Co-hosts Angelina Jolie and British Foreign Secretary William Hague will on Tuesday open a four-day summit on ending sexual violence in conflict, the biggest meeting ever held on the subject.Senior officials from over 100 countries, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, will join over 900 experts, NGOs, survivors and religious leaders at London's Excel Centre.Writing in London's Evening Standard newspaper, Kerry said delegates would work to "relegate sexual violence to the annals of history"."Sexual violence plagues every country," he wrote. "Acts of sexual violence demean our collective humanity."We will pool our expertise, diplomatic skills and resources toward the common goal of relegating sexual violence to the annals of history where it belongs."The top US diplomat insisted that sexual violence in armed conflict be treated as a major international crime and that every government deny safe haven to those who "commit these vile acts.""We must declare in unison: 'They can't run and they won't hide here'," he added.It was Jolie's film "In the Land of Blood and Honey" which first alerted Hague to the extent of sexual violence in conflict zones, he has said.The British cabinet minister and Hollywood A-Lister Jolie, a Special Envoy for the UN Commissioner for Refugees, have since visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bosnia as part of their campaign to bring the issue to the world's attention.
Jolie's 2011 film, which marked her directorial debut, is a love story told against the backdrop of the Bosnian war two decades ago, when according to Hague some 50,000 women were raped.Hague hopes the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, which runs until Friday, will create "so much momentum that we begin to shatter the culture of impunity.""If women are still treated in this abhorrent way in times of war, they will never be treated as equals in times of peace, and that cannot be tolerated," he added.Journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima, survivor of sexual violence in Colombia's conflict, will be one of speakers."For the first time in history a world summit highlights and denounces a crime that is normally made invisible and is often silenced by the majority of states," she said.The stated aims of the conference are to "shatter the culture of impunity" by launching a new International Protocol, to take practical steps to reduce the dangers women face in conflict zones, to increase support for survivors of sexual violence and to "debunk the myth that rape in war is somehow inevitable or a lesser crime."Hague and Jolie will on Tuesday take part in meetings with youth delegates and on Wednesday are due to attend an event to launch the International Protocol.On Thursday, Hague will host delegations from over 100 countries and will chair a ministerial meeting on security in northern Nigeria.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (by video message) and US Secretary of State John Kerry will speak in a closing plenary session on Friday.There will also be over 140 free events open to the public as part of the three-day Global Summit Fringe, which runs until Thursday.The event will feature film, music, theatre and debate.
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Angelina Jolie Supports Brad Pitt at the Make It Right Gala!
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- Published on Sunday, 18 May 2014 08:08
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Angelina Jolie heads into the Sugar Mill to attend her fiance Brad Pitt‘s 2014 Make It Right Foundation Gala on Saturday evening (May 17) in New Orleans, La.The 38-year-old actress looked stunning in a one-shoulder black dress. After leaving her house, Angie rolled down her car window to sign autographs for fans before heading to the gala.Angelina recently talked to the Daily Mail about her life as a mother.“My children come first and Brad and I pick projects that are a priority because the balance of our home life takes precedence. We sit down and work out the next few years,” Angelina said. “With them I’m a kid again and I’m soft and loving because that’s what they bring to my life… I still get very emotional when I watch Brad play with the children – he’s so naturally devoted and joyful around them.”
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