Angelina Jolie and NATO chief announce new measures to curb sexual violence in war zones as she continues global tour
Angelina Jolie was seen visiting NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium to discuss ways to stop sexual violence against women in wars
HOLLYWOOD star Angelina Jolie says she and NATO's chief have agreed on better combating sexual violence against women and children in wars.
The Oscar-winning actress, 42, met NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels as part of her role as co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative.
Speaking afterwards, Jolie said: "We are going to focus on training, reporting, monitoring and awareness as a way of ending impunity."
The actress, a special envoy for the UN refugee agency, warned that rape is being "used as a weapon to achieve political or military goals".
She added: "Violence against women and children, particularly sexual violence, is an increasing feature of conflict.
"This is rape used as a weapon to achieve military or political goals. It affects men and boys as well as women and girls."
NATO, which counts 29 members and has missions from Kosovo to Afghanistan, has agreed to help report on sexual violence in war to help bring perpetrators to justice and challenge the idea that rape is an unavoidable aspect of conflict.
Jolie, a mother of six who last year released her film First They Killed My Father about Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, said she had met victims of sexual violence in conflict and was trying to be a voice for them.
Expressing frustration at the lack of help for victims, Jolie said she hoped that NATO could help by raising standards in other militaries through its training programmes abroad, as well as promoting the role of women in the military.
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Jolie singled out the plight of Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar and what she said was the inadequate response of many governments around the world.
"I'm very concerned about the Rohingya, I'm very angry at the response ... I'm very concerned about the stories of the 10-year old girls being raped," she said.
"We should all hang our head on how little we have been able to do," she added.
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