The well-known actress, mother of a large family, a volunteer woman, is here now as a teacher. Angelina Jolie has been named visiting professor at the LSE, London School of Economics. A prestigious school in which 16 Nobel Prizes Winners and a lot of large multinational owners have passed by. A great school that rivals great universities like Oxford, Harvard, or even Yale in international rankings, that is also specialized in finance and international relations. Within this famous establishment, Angelina Jolie has, then, from now on, the duty of teaching a masters course on “women, peace and security” to new students in order to awaken them on gender equality and political participation of women in society.
This is a topic that interests a lot the Oscar-winning actress. Since the premiere of her film, In the Land of Blood and Honey, when she was as a producer in 2012 on a film about the war in Bosnia between 1992 and 1995, Angelina Jolie regularly makes her voice heard regarding conflicts of war and the violence against women. She surrounded herself for this fight with the support of the former British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who will also be a visiting professor at LSE.
Angelina Jolie and William Hague have been taking a joint action for 6 years now to mobilize public opinion and those responsible for the violence practiced against women at the time of armed conflict anywhere in the world, increase the number of persecution in justice and provide a more effective support to victims.
“I am very encouraged by the creation of this master’s programme. I hope other academic institutions will follow this example, as 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” explained the actress in a statement, also sent especially to the United Nations Agency for Refugees.
LSE indicated that not only Angelina Jolie, but other visiting professors will also give lectures, organize workshops and public events. The students may enroll in the series of courses proposed by the teacher Angelina Jolie from August 2016.
she is an exemplary woman