The 'Maleficent' actress has opened The Centre on Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics in England to combat the brutality faced by women in warzones.
- February 11, 2015
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Angelina Jolie has opened an academic center to combat violence faced by women in conflict zones. Angelina was joined by the center's co-founder Britain's First Secretary of State William Hague at the launching of The Centre on Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics in England on Tuesday, February 10.
Angelina said in a statement, "I am excited at the thought of all the students in years to come who will study in this new Centre. There is no stable future for a world in which crimes committed against women go unpunished. We need the next generation of educated youth with inquisitive minds and fresh energy, who are willing not only to sit in the classroom but to go out into the field and the courtrooms and to make a decisive difference."
According to a press release posted on London School of Economics' website, the center "will focus on the participation of women in conflict-related processes and on enhancing accountability and ending impunity for rape and sexual violence in war."
The statement continued, "It will support the aims of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI), co-founded in 2012 by Mr Hague and Ms Jolie Pitt, by bringing academic expertise to bear on preventing crimes of sexual violence, holding perpetrators to account and protecting the rights of survivors. From 2016 the Centre will provide a post-graduate teaching programme in Women, Peace and Security, leading to an MSc degree."
