Nicole supports UN movement to prevent violence against women - Nov 28, 2007
Nicole Kidman has become the first to sign a United Nations movement to prevent violence against women. The Australian actress attended Monday (November 26) to the release of Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Internet campaign for support to the U.N. Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women that gives resources to local organizations in developing countries to find practical solutions. Nicole said, "One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics of our time." She followed, "Projects like these demonstrate that the pandemic of violence against women is a problem with a solution."
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