Angelina Jolie opens centre for women in war-zones
Updated on: 12 January, 2015 12:00 PM IST |
Actress-director Angelina Jolie has joined forces with Britain&39;s former foreign secretary William Hague to open a centre to help combat war-zone violence against women.
Jolie and Hague joined forces to announce the new academic centre, titled the Centre on Women, Peace and Security, at the London School of Economics Tuesday, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
The "Unbroken" director, who recently returned from Iraq, where she met some of the refugees left homeless in their millions following the Islamic State violence, said: "I am excited at the thought of all the students in years to come who will study in this new centre.
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