Saintgelina Jolie has just opened the fist-ever academic centre to combat violence against women in war zones. The centre will be based at the London School of Economics in England, and will focus on women in conflict-related issues and on broadening accountability to end rape and sex crimes in relation to war.
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Europe’s first academic centre to combat the brutality faced by women in warzones has been opened in London by Angelina Jolie, who called for “the empowerment of women to be the highest priority for the finest minds, in the best academic institutions”.
Jolie, a special envoy for the UN high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), has just returned from northern Iraq, where she met some of the millions of refugees forced to flee from their homes due to Islamic State (Isis) violence. She said students of the centre on women, peace and security at the London School of Economics (LSE) had the chance to change the world.
