Actress-humanitarian Angelina Jolie has opened a new centre here that will work to prevent violence against women in war zones.
London School of Economics' Centre for Women, Peace and Security will carry out research aimed at preventing sexual violence used against women during war, reported the Independent.
Jolie, 39, who was joined by former UK foreign secretary William Hague, dedicated the centre to a teenage rape survivor she met in Iraq.
"What we have begun at LSE today is for that Iraqi girl and others like her, who pay the price for the culture of impunity for crimes against women, and our failure to prevent conflict," Jolie said.
The actress has campaigned extensively about ending rape as a weapon of war.
"There is no stable future for a world in which crimes committed against women go unpunished; a world in which young girls are unable to reach their potential; where children see their mothers disrespected, violated and murdered," Jolie said.
"... Where it is considered acceptable for a husband to reject his wife and the mother of his children because she was raped, or normal for a woman to be forced to marry her rapist," she added.
