Angelina Jolie joins anti-rape drive
27 March 2013 6:45 AM IST
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has teamed up with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague for a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to highlight concerns over sexual violence.
The two will visit a rescue camp for women north-west of Goma to raise awareness about warzone rape. ‘This visit is about hearing first hand from people who have endured rape and sexual violence during the conflict in the eastern DRC.
We want justice for the victims and we want to know how the world can protect thousands of women, men and children at risk of rape in many other conflict zones. We want to persuade governments around the world to give this issue the attention it deserves,’ femalefirst.co.uk quoted Jolie as saying.‘Unless the world acts, we will always be reacting to atrocities, treating survivors rather than preventing rape in the first place,’ added Jolie, who is a UN special envoy.
Hague hopes to present his findings to the forthcoming Group of Eight summit in London. He is calling on the G8 leaders to agree that rape and sexual violence constitute breaches of the Geneva Conventions governing warfare.
The two will visit a rescue camp for women north-west of Goma to raise awareness about warzone rape. ‘This visit is about hearing first hand from people who have endured rape and sexual violence during the conflict in the eastern DRC.
We want justice for the victims and we want to know how the world can protect thousands of women, men and children at risk of rape in many other conflict zones. We want to persuade governments around the world to give this issue the attention it deserves,’ femalefirst.co.uk quoted Jolie as saying.‘Unless the world acts, we will always be reacting to atrocities, treating survivors rather than preventing rape in the first place,’ added Jolie, who is a UN special envoy.
Hague hopes to present his findings to the forthcoming Group of Eight summit in London. He is calling on the G8 leaders to agree that rape and sexual violence constitute breaches of the Geneva Conventions governing warfare.
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