Angelina Jolie addresses G8 summit
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- Published on Thursday, 11 April 2013 18:46
- Written by USA Today
Angelina Jolie is continuing to urge action of behalf of wartime sexual assault victims. She spoke today at the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in London.The Human Rights and Communications team at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office followed what Jolie said at a news conference and tweeted her quotes, most of which were followed by "#timetoact." Here is some of what she said:"Hundreds of thousands of women and children have been sexually assaulted in the wars of our generation. But wartime rape is not inevitable. This violence can be prevented, and it must be confronted. I have heard survivors of rape from Bosnia to (the Congo) say that the world simply does not care about them. But today I believe that their voices have been heard, and that we finally have some hope to offer them." She said, "It is encouraging to see men in leadership positions speaking out against rape. Rape is not a women's issue, or a humanitarian issue, it is a global issue."
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