Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee as part of their plans to form laws that prevent such attacks, the 42-year old actress told the panel that numerous movies have inspired violence against women by portraying them as weak, and mere sex objects.
As a result of this regrettable link, Nicole made it clear she would never accept such a role, “I can’t be responsible for all of Hollywood, but I can be responsible for my own career,” she said.
NPR reports the proposed legislation would address violence against women overseas through humanitarian efforts, and by collaborating with the UN to fund local organizations who help stamp out this problem.
The native Hawaiian was speaking in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N’s ‘Development Fund for Women,’ [aka, UNIFEM,] to promote their new legislation, ‘The International Violence Against Women Act.’”In the real world, the laws go unenforced and impunity is the norm,” she said.
The new law that would supply the UN with much-needed funds has stalled in the past, but one of its sponsors, Bill Delahunt, [D-Mass.,] told those attending they plan to reintroduce it quite soon.
