Saturday, June 13, 2015

Angelina Jolie make appearance at African Union Summit

                   Star power: Angelina Jolie at the African Union (AU) summit in Johannesburg on Friday 

Hollywood Actress Angelina Jolie made an appearance at the 25th Africa Union summit  on Friday
The actress who is also a UN Envoy of Refugee issues spoke on rape as a weapon of warfare and ask African women to support women's right,she was invited to speak on women and conflict.
Among her panel was African Union Commission Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, former British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Senegalese activist Bineta Diop.
U.N.'s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict,Zainab Bangura was also in attendance.
Jolie said: 'There is a global epidemic of violence against women – both within conflict zones and within societies at peace – and it is still treated as a lesser crime and lower priority.




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