‘Women are still the victims of war’: Angelina Jolie opens up about violence against women

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie talked about the violence against women act (VAWA).

She had a meeting with politician Cori Bush speaking about domestic violence and giving some steps to cure it.

Reflecting on their meeting Bush tweeted, “I’m forever grateful to get to work in partnership with such strong women across the country in our movement to end domestic violence.”

I'm forever grateful to get to work in partnership with such strong women across the country in our movement to end domestic violence.

As a survivor myself, this fight is personal.

Thank you to Angelina Jolie for your leadership to put an end to violence against women. pic.twitter.com/aMHututtcn

— Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) December 14, 2021

“As a survivor myself, this fight is personal,” the Tweet read.

She also expressed gratitude towards Jolie while adding, “Thank you to Angelina Jolie for your leadership to put an end to violence against women.”

The 46 year old actor on her meeting at Capitol hill in September, she upheld the cause of the act and consistently expressed her feeling for children’s better health.

Earlier during her speech at the Eternals press meet, she stated: “I am thinking tonight of all the women who are bringing us through the pandemic: the scientists, the doctors, nurses… so many others who are showing us what strength and sacrifice are and whose contribution transcends borders.”

She stated in 2019 that the world “will remain stuck in a cycle of violence and conflicts” as long as nations continue to put almost every other issue ahead of women’s equality, rights and participation.

Jolie, who is a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency, added in a keynote address to a ministerial meeting on U.N. peacekeeping that “denying half a population representation in peace negotiations or in government is not the route to long-term stability.”

There are many examples around the world of successful and inspiring women, she said, “but women and girls are still the majority of the victims of war,” over half the world’s refugees, and “the vast majority” of victims of rape and sexual violence.