UN Refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie yesterday marked World Refugee Day at a Kenyan home housing refugee girls who fled unaccompanied or split from their parents while fleeing conflict. The Hollywood star visited a safe house in Nairobi. The UNHCR said almost all had experienced sexual and gender-based violence and many had given birth after being raped or were pregnant. “The role of sexual violence is compounded when it is carried out by someone in uniform who has taken an oath to protect,” Jolie said. “So it is a responsibility of those who wear uniform to take the lead now by correcting from within.”
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie addresses International Peace Support Training Centre staff members in Nairobi yesterday.
