Brilio.net/en - Worldwide known for her personal commitment as a champion of the causes she believes in and for being an active ambassador of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), the American superstar can add professor to her list of accomplishments, as she will be teaching a Masters course at the prestigious British school. She will teach a course entitled Women, peace and security together with British Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, William Hague.
In 2012, they both launched an initiative against sexual violence towards women in conflict zones. The objective was to initiate a global action that could help reduce the amount of those crimes. Angelina Jolie is particularly sensitive to that topic since her movie In the land of blood and honey was about the war of Bosnia, during which 20.000 women were supposedly raped.
At the conference announcing her nomination, she explained: "It is vital that we broaden the discussion on how to advance women's rights and end impunity for crimes that disproportionately affect women, such as sexual violence in conflict. [] I am looking forward to teaching and to learning from the students, as well as to sharing my own experiences of working alongside governments and the UN."
The course will approach the issue of gender, militarization and human rights. The students will be encouraged to do their own research on the prevention against rape in war zones for example.
On top of the course she is teaching, Angelina Jolie will participate in workshops and do some research work at the school. Often called the inexhaustible by journalists, Angelina Jolie accumulated a various number of jobs all along her career: actress, director, ambassador and mother of 6. She is also currently working on a new movie project along with a possible stay as a volunteer in the framework of UNHCR.
(brl/red)
