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Nicole Kidman Continues Her Fight For Women

November 26, 2008 in Giving Back by Kristen Seymour | No comments

Earlier this year, Nicole Kidman impressed us all with a really generous donation to UNIFEM. But, don’t think for a second she just spends money to help out good causes — she also physically takes a stand.

Yesterday, Kidman visited the United Nations headquarters in New York to announce that an astounding five million people have signed an internet-based petition for the “Say No to Violence Against Women” campaign, a part of UNIFEM, which works to provide financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality.

The actress and new mom said, “We thought that the more names we collected, the stronger our case to make ending violence against women a top priority for governments everywhere,” adding, “Well, the results are in. We’ve tallied the numbers from Bangkok and Tanzania, from Ecuador to Fiji, from Jordan to India. I am so delighted to announce that they have far, far, surpassed our goal.”

This is a cause that Kidman is obviously passionate about — I can’t wait to see what else she does for UNIFEM!

Photo courtesy of hollyscoop.com

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