By JOSEPHINE MOSONGOMore by this AuthorAward-winning Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie marked this year’s World Refugee Day in Kenya with a call to peacekeepers to prevent rather than perpetrate rape and sexual violence on vulnerable people. REFUGEE GIRLSThe home houses refugee girls who fled home because of conflict and have suffered gender-based violence. FILM DIRECTOROver the years, the actress, who is also a film director, has dedicated her efforts to fighting rape and sexual abuse in conflict zones and war-ravaged regions. Jolie began her work with the UNHCR as a goodwill ambassador carrying out numerous field missions from 2001 to 2012. That year, she co-founded the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative with former Foreign Secretary Lord William Hague of Richmond.

Source: Daily Nation June 21, 2017 20:48 UTC