Angelina Jolie on Capitol Hill for the law against violence against women: “For some it is already too late”

She was moved to tears Angelina Jolie who spoke to the United States Congress in Washington to call for a new law against violence against women. The actress, who was accompanied by her daughter to the capital Zaharawas there to support a bipartisan initiative by a group of senators who have officially asked for an update of the Violence Against Women Actstopped in 2013.

“First of all, I want to pay tribute to everyone children who right now are suffering ea all those people for whom it is already too late»Murmured Angelina with a broken voice, then speaking to the press. “All those women who haven’t had enough support and all those young adults that they are survivors to abuse, not thanks to a system that protected them, but despite this system“.

“If many people are unable to get out of abusive situations, it is because they don’t feel strong enough»Continued the Oscar-winning actress. “And this silence from Congress, too busy to renew the Violence Against Women Act, makes them feel even weaker“.

«You think that whoever does violence to you is right. You think you are not worth enough. The bitter truth is that domestic violence is considered a normal thing in our country, and the concept of family sovereignty is an alibi for all kinds of abuse behind the front door, ”she insisted.

Angelina Jolie is not new to expose yourself publicly in defense of the causes he believes in. She has been a Goodwill Ambassador for years UNHCRthe UN refugee agency, for which it now operates as Special Correspondent by High Commissioner Grandi, but is also involved in environmental causes (è godmother of the program Women for Beesborn from the partnership between Guerlain, Unesco and Ofa), and has openly sided in support of Afghan women (even recently, publishing on her Instagram profile the letter received from a young woman from Afghanistan, with the appeal “Help me so that are not forgotten “).

“I think a life is not worth living if it doesn’t belong to anyone utility for the other with us “he had said a few months ago to Vanity Fair. «I have experienced the only and most authentic happiness in give my contribution. But I’m anything but perfect », he concluded:« actually I’m still the young punk I used to be“.