Angelina Jolie has dedicated a large part of her life to raising issues of oppression, mistreatment, and human exploitation around the world, and since 2012 she has been a UN ambassador for refugees.
And, as the phenomenon of scandals for sexual abuse of women in Hollywood and the use of sexual violence as a means of enforcement in cases of war has become uncontrollable recently, the famous actress spoke about it during the UN Ministerial Conference on Peace.
In her speech, then, she said several interesting things that, in theory, should be taken for granted but are not, for example, that "sexual violence is a fundamental obstacle to the struggle for equality between men and women as well as to the achievement of equality. rights among all people ".
"We have to ask ourselves how after so many years, so many laws, so many resolutions and all this horror that has been recorded, women still have to fight for the most basic of all rights: that in a life without violence," she added. which took place last Wednesday in Canada.
"Sexual violence is everywhere. In the industry where I work, in business, in universities, in politics, in the military all over the world. It affects both men and women. "It has nothing to do with sex, but with control and power," he said, adding that in countries like Bangladesh and the Congo, soldiers often go door-to-door and rape women, using rape as a tactic of war.
"This is rape, a form of violence aimed at torturing, terrorizing and forcing people to become refugees. It has nothing to do with sex, but with the abuse of power, it is clearly a criminal behavior. Sexual violence is a weapon used voluntarily to achieve political and / or military goals. It's cheaper than a sphere. It has long-term consequences that unfold with macabre predictability. That is why it is so brutally effective ", he concluded.
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Her full speech in the video below:
Source: HuffPost