Media Alert: Actress Ashley Judd to Speak Out on Violence Against Women Globally
WASHINGTON, March 17 /PRNewswire/ --
"In my travels around the world as the Global Ambassador for YouthAids and Population Services International Board Member, I have seen first-hand the devastation that violence imposes on women and girls. However, I have also witnessed how programs that empower and support women, especially in impoverished areas, can help break the cycle of violence, therefore making an enormous, positive difference not only for themselves, but also for their families and communities. I believe that it is important for our government to focus on ending this global issue and work towards finding solutions that can be implemented and sustained. I-VAWA is a way to help end this scourge for millions of women around the world."
—Ashley Judd
Celebrated actress and humanitarian Ashley Judd will join Women Thrive in a media teleconference on March 23 to discuss the global scourge of violence against women and the importance of the International Violence Against Women Act—now reintroduced on the Hill.
Details:
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Time: 1:30 pm EDT
Call in number: (866) 793-1341 (Please RSVP to [email protected] in order to be on the call.)
Also on the call:
Congressman Bill Delahunt (D-MA), lead sponsor of I-VAWA
Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX), lead bill sponsor of I-VAWA
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), lead bill sponsor of I-VAWA
Ritu Sharma, Co-founder and President, Women Thrive Worldwide
Humaira Shahid, former editor and legislator from Pakistan who pushed through groundbreaking domestic violence legislation there and is now a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard
The facts:
- Washington, D.C.-based Women Thrive www.womenthrive.org is the leading organization advocating for U.S. policies that empower the world's poorest women and girls.
- Nearly one out of every three women globally has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Violence against women includes abuse by spouses or partners in the home, rape used as a weapon of war, and trafficking and forced prostitution.
- Judd, who is currently studying public policy at Harvard, is lending her voice to highlight the issue and speak up on behalf of women around the world who would not otherwise be heard.
- The recently-introduced—and bipartisan—International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) is an immediate way for the United States to finally do something tangible about this problem.
RSVP: Leslie Levine [email protected], 847-205-9853
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SOURCE Women Thrive Worldwide
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