Angelina Jolie is the new contributing editor for Time and releases her premiere piece on refugees
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- Published on Thursday, 20 June 2019 04:59
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She's a busy working mom.Angelina Jolie, 44, is taking on a new role as a contributing editor for Time, the outlet's Editor in Chief announced on Wednesday.The actress and advocate will focus her forthcoming pieces on important topics that dovetail with her long history of activism. Edward Felsenthal, Editor in Chief and CEO of Time, explained in the announcement that the Oscar winner would focus 'primarily on displacement, conflict and human rights.' Angelina will release new pieces monthly across all Time platforms and will 'draw on her eighteen years working with the UN Refugee Agency.' Time already released the star's premiere piece on Wednesday, titled What We Owe Refugees.The release coincides with World Refugee Day on June 20th and will appear in the July 1, 2019 physical issue of Time Magazine.In the article, the A-lister draws a parallel between modern refugees and those who fled in World War II (which was the crisis that led to the creation of the UN Refugee Agency).'Who comes to mind when you picture a refugee?' she queried in her opening line.'You probably don’t imagine a European. But if you were a child of World War II and asked your parents what a refugee was, they would probably have described someone from Europe.'The topic of refugees is a global hot button issue and, particularly in Angelina's home country of the USA, is at the forefront of news.Under international law it is not an option to assist refugees, it is an obligation,' she writes.'It is perfectly possible to ensure strong border control and fair, humane immigration policies while meeting our responsibility to help refugees.' Angelina previously released an article for Time on the role of women in Afghani peace negotiations. On the acting front, Angelina recently wrapped several films including Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, The One and Only Ivan and Come Away.Her ex-husband Brad Pitt recently issued Jolie an ultimatum to sign their divorce papers or risk facing a 'financial sanction.' Brad allegedly encouraged his lawyers to ask the judge to finalize a deadline for Angelina to sign the papers, and put in place a hefty fine if she fails to do so, after accusing her of essentially dragging her feet in regards to wrapping up their split.In April, it was reported that Judge John Ouderkirk extended Brad and Angelina's court case until December 31, 2019.Angelina and Brad met on set of the 2005 film Mr And Mrs Smith, and wed in 2014 in France. In 2016 she filed for divorce.
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Angelina Jolie pleads with international community to provide more support to 20,000 Venezuelan children who have fled the crisis-hit country after failed bid to overthrow President Maduro
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- Published on Sunday, 09 June 2019 09:56
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Hollywood icon Angelina Jolie has called on the international community to help the 20,000 Venezuelan children who are at risk of being left without basic citizenship rights. The 44-year-old actress, who was visiting refugees forced to flee their homes along the Colombian-Venezuelan border, drew attention to the thousands of children born abroad who were being left stateless as a result of the humanitarian crisis.Jolie, a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, who is on a two-day trip to meet Venezuelan migrants, called on the western world to provide more support to the South American countries sheltering the refugees. The visit, which also saw the star meet with Colombian President Ivan Duque in Cartagena, comes a month after a failed attempted to overthrow President Maduro by the opposition leader Juan Guaido.Speaking at a press conference the Academy Award-winner said: I've seen for myself the strain being placed on the schools and hospitals and local services, but I have also seen the inspiring humanity being shown by local communities. 'The President and I spoke of the risk of statelessness for more than 20,000 Venezuelan children, his commitment to always helping children.'We discussed the search for durable solutions for the internationally displaced and refugees in the context of the Colombian peace process.'Above all, we agreed on the urgent need of the international community to give more support to Colombia, Peru and Ecuador who are bearing the brunt of this crisis.' She added: 'So, I am hopeful and optimistic about Colombia's ability to weather these challenges and to emerge even stronger. 'And I will certainly do my part to urge the international community to give support necessary to help achieve the long-term peace and stability of this very beautiful country.'As the refugee crisis escalates, Venezuelan parents have found it increasingly difficult to register their baby's birth as a result of an ever-shrinking number of Venezuelan consulates or because they do not have migration papers.
The UN estimates around four million Venezuelan refugees have fled their homeland since 2014 to Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Following the visit, the Colombian president, whose country has received 1.3 million refugees from Venezuela, said he hoped Jolie's visit would raise attention to the seriousness of the migration crisis.Jolie's visit comes as citizens of the country continue to flee to neighbouring Colombia where the government and aid agencies have tried to provide housing, food and healthcare. In April violent clashes erupted in the country after the US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido tried and failed to oust President Maduro- who is seen as Venezuela’s interim president.Guaido, whose effort was dubbed Operacion Libertad, had urged local military to rise up against the government in a video.The operation, which translates to Operation Freedom, was unsuccessful and instead saw hundreds of rebellion protests erupt on the streets of Caracas.Following the failed oust the Russian state defense contractor Rostec removed hundreds of its contractors from Venezuela's, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Angelina Jolie's Cambodia charity headquarters are shacks with no running water
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- Published on Wednesday, 05 June 2019 19:06
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Angelina Jolie's Cambodia charity headquarters are shacks with no running water, barely any electricity and live-in workers are fed white rice and banned from sex - while actress doesn't spend the night and flies out on helicopter.Angelina Jolie's supposedly palatial home in Cambodia has no running water, electricity for only four hours a day and is made up of just a few shacks in a field, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.It's always been thought the 44-year-old had a paradise rural retreat, but her compound is just a line of 'thatched buildings'.It's situated in the remote area of Samlaut, in the Battambang province, and also acts as the field headquarters for the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation (MJP), her international non-profit charity.According to a handbook distributed to visiting health specialists who are assigned to MJP, conditions at the compound are Spartan at best. Staff are provided meals of white rice and little else every day and are banned from having sex.But while volunteers have to stay at the compound, Jolie prefers to stay elsewhere, flying to a different destination at nights via a helicopter. The charity's compound hosts visiting workers from the United Kingdon's National Health Service (NHS).Since 2008, the Thames Valley and Wessex NHS Leadership Academy, based in Hampshire, has been sending two health specialists for six-month placements every year to work with MJP.The workers help give expertise in areas such as malnutrition, breastfeeding and improving post-natal care. The medics are expected to be respectful to locals and are given a handbook on how to behave while in the country.But the compound where the volunteers stay is not quite what's expected when owned by a Hollywood star, who is reportedly worth $300 million.Instead of a huge mansion, the compound is just a series of shacks with no running water, minimal electricity, no mobile phone signal, hand washing only, and the charity provides very basic meals.'This is a secure compound containing small thatched buildings providing accommodation for rangers, ground staff, educationalist and visitors. There are often interesting people around and it can be a hive of activity. Therefore space is often at a premium and you may need to share a bedroom,' the NHS handbook states.
'Wash facilities are unisex and located separately from the bedrooms. There is no piped water so showers are taken by pouring a ladle of cold water over oneself. It's quite refreshing!' The handbook continues: 'Samlaut accommodation is fully catered so three meals a day are provided to all staff. There are no other cooking facilities. 'The meals are all based on white rice with a selection of dishes.'This can become a little monotonous so it is advisable to stock up on alternative tastes in Battambang.'Electricity is available in Samlaut from 6pm until 10pm each evening and currently the only communication link is via radio. 'This will change soon as a mobile phone mast has been erected. The strength of the signal is not yet known.'Unlike Jolie, who is ferried in and out of Samlaut by helicopter, workers get around on motorbike and have to be wary of snakes, mosquitoes and land mines.'Snakes live in the area so when about after dark do use your torch and shake your shoes in the morning before putting them on,' the handbook adds. Sex is strictly forbidden, with the handbook stating: 'It is MJP policy that no MJP worker engages in sexual activity of any kind around Samlaut or Battambang. Delegates are expected to comply with this policy.'Further rules for staff include nude bathing being 'unacceptable' and ensuring never to motion anyone over using your index finger, as in Cambodian culture this 'can be interpreted as sexually suggestive.' These DailyMail.com photos of the compound were taken earlier last year and show it half-built, with an overrun soccer field and homemade volleyball court.In March 2017, it was revealed Angelina visited the compound after the Cambodian premiere of her film First They Killed My Father.
Jolie herself said at the press conference in Siam Reap: 'We've been coming back and forth for 17 years. It feels like a second home to me.' Local Chum Ny lives next door and revealed at the time: 'She goes swimming in the morning and the evening when she is here – sometime alone and sometimes with her colleagues and her children.'Angelina goes down to the river wearing just her pajamas and a swimming suit. She is very pretty in the films but when we see her in real life she is not so glamorous.' Mounh Sarath was Jolie's right-hand man in Cambodia for five years from 2001 to 2006, overseeing her charity operations in the country.He exclusively said Jolie only spends time at the property during the day, adding that she had fallen in love with the site as soon as she saw it.'She only lives there during the day, then flies out at night by helicopter,' says Sarath. 'She just wanted the land. She loved the waterfall, she loved the compound. She would say: ''I loooove this project.'''The property is in one of the most deprived areas of Cambodia.Most people who live close to Jolie's estate in Samlaut are earning less than a dollar a day; families live in wooden huts no bigger than the size of an average American's kitchen.
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'Never say never': Angelina Jolie won't rule out running for public office in the future after 20 years of providing humanitarian aid with United Nations
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- Published on Thursday, 04 April 2019 11:25
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Actor, filmmaker and humanitarian Angelina Jolie is not ruling out running for public office.'Never say never,' Jolie, 43, told People. '[But ] right now I am looking to others for leadership.' The United Nations Special Envoy didn't mention what kind of role might appeal to her, but talked about the issues she's focused on right now, like women's empowerment and a proposal for a permanent international body to investigate war crimes. The long-time member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has spent much of her free time focusing on international human rights over the past two decades. Recently, Jolie has urged nations to deploy more women peacekeepers in order to prevent sexual violence against refugees. 'If you look across the world, there are far too many women and girls who are not only not seeing progress, their rights are slipping away from them,' she said. 'We have to change laws that treat women as second-class citizens.' In addition to working to change laws around the world, Jolie is also fighting to ensure those laws are enforced. 'One of the things we are putting forward now is a proposal for a permanent international body to investigate war crimes, including mass rape and other sexual and gender-based violence,' she said.This is a goal Jolie has been working on since 2012, when she set up the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) with former British foreign secretary William Hague.'There is now a lot more awareness and discussion and many more countries have made commitments,' Jolie said.'For example, 156 countries have pledged not to include amnesties for rape when they are negotiating peace agreements. It is hard to believe, but peace treaties routinely grant immunity to people who’ve carried out the most disgusting violent crimes against civilians. So we have to make sure all those countries live up to that commitment.Since breaking up with Brad Pitt more than two years ago, Jolie is focused on their six children and her work. Her oldest, Maddox, enters college in the fall.She wrapped up her first starring movie role in four years in 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.' It's due out in October.Her full interview appears in People's April 15 issue.
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Angelina Jolie is all smiles as she arrives at UN to give keynote address at United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting in New York City
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- Published on Sunday, 07 April 2019 15:43
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Angelina Jolie was all smiles as she made her way to the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting in New York City on Friday. The humanitarian arrived at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan to speak on the role women play as influential peacemakers.Jolie wore a white blouse along with a high-waited black skirt. She accompanied the look with a sand-colored trench coat.As she arrived, the actress greeted the Assistant-Secretary General for Africa Bintou Keit and posed for photos with Lieutenant Commander Marcia Andrade Braga, United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year.The A-List actress and UN special envoy for refugees delivered the keynote address at a conference to raise support for UN peacekeeping missions at a time when the United States is seeking major budget cuts to the blue helmet operations.'I'm a patriot. I love my country and I want to see it thrive,' Jolie told the gathering at the General Assembly.'I also believe in an America that is part of an international community.' 'Countries working together on equal footing is how we reduce the risk of conflict. It is how we avoid the need to send men and women of our militaries to fight and sacrifice overseas.'The United Nations was set up to find ways of resolving differences peacefully and 'it is all in our interest for the UN to be made effective, brought closer to the lives of citizens, and not ever misused,' she added.Jolie's praise for the United Nations stood in contrast with the disdain US President Donald Trump's administration has shown the world body.Trump has cut US funding to the United Nations and his national security adviser John Bolton, a former UN ambassador, once remarked that if the UN's 38-floor building 'lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.'Jolie, who has traveled to refugee camps worldwide, said that peacekeeping missions 'often represent the last and only hope for millions of people facing daily threats to their safety and their basic rights.'The award-winning actress made an appeal for increasing the number of women peacekeepers in UN missions.Jolie was appointed to Special Envoy in April 2012 following years of service in working with mass population displacement.
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