Jolie opens centre for violence against women

Hollywood actress-director Angelina Jolie has opened Europe's first academic centre to combat the brutality faced by women in warzones. Jolie, a special envoy for the UN high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), has just returned from northern Iraq, where she met some of the millions of refugees forced to flee from their homes due to Islamic State (Isis) violence, reported Guardian online. The 39-year-old mother of six said students of the centre on women, peace and security at the London School of Economics (LSE) had the chance to change the world. "If you were to ask me who I think this centre is for, I picture someone who is not in this room today. I think of a girl I met in Iraq three weeks ago.