Angelina Jolie

Jolie, a TIME contributing editor, is an Academy Award–winning actor and humanitarian

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Bibi Aisha Talks to Angelina Jolie

Appearing on the cover of TIME for a story about the stakes of war in Afghanistan for women led to a new home in America

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Roya Piraei, Whose Mother Was Killed in Protests in Iran, Speaks Out

Roya Piraei, 25, was living with her parents in the city of Kermanshah, Iran, when protests began over the death in police custody of Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a young Iranian Kurdish woman charged with wearing...

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Angelina Jolie: The World Must Not Look Away From Afghanistan's Women

Peace built on the oppression of women is no peace at all, but a society constantly at war with itself.

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On World Refugee Day, Let's Commit To Finding a Better Way

We have to recognize that our systems for preventing conflict and mass human displacement, and defending human rights, are not working

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'Someone Has to Say What Happened to Us.' Angelina Jolie Talks to Activist Nadia Murad About Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War

The UN Security Council met this week as chilling reports emerge of rape and sexual violence being used against women and children during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. One of the speakers was Nobel Laureate...

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Meet Orion Jean, TIME's Kid of the Year

Jean, 11, sees the world as it could be if more people brought their communities together

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'We Cannot Rest in Our Fight.' Angelina Jolie Talks to Dr. Denis Mukwege About Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence

Soft spoken, with a steady smile and deeply reassuring manner, Dr. Denis Mukwege is exactly the person you would want at your side if you were faced with a health crisis. He is known globally...

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Afghans Deserve So Much Better Than This

Whatever your views on the war in Afghanistan, we probably agree on one thing: it should not have ended this way. Giving up the idea of a peace agreement between the Afghan government and the...

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The Human Cost of Burkina Faso’s Refugee Crisis

Burkina Faso is gripped by a war we seldom hear about, even though Western nations had a hand in its creation. Until the NATO bombing campaign in Libya in 2011, the West African nation had...

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Angelina Jolie Interviews Malone Mukwende of Mind the Gap

Angelina Jolie Interviews the medical student about Hutano, a new health social platform

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Angelina Jolie and Elif Shafak on Why Men Need to Be Engaged on Women's Rights

Turkish citizens have taken to the streets to protest their government’s decision to withdraw from the European treaty on violence against women and domestic violence, the Istanbul Convention. As its name suggests, this human rights...

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Angelina Jolie Talks to Director Jasmila Zbanic

In some countries March 8, International Women’s Day, is also Mother’s Day. Bosnia-Herzegovina is one of them. This timing is particularly poignant for one group of Bosnian women, the Mothers of Srebrenica, whose husbands, sons...

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Millions of Children Are in Danger. We're Not Doing Enough to Protect Them

What would you do to protect a child? I met a father in Afghanistan who was beaten and tortured by the Taliban because he insisted his daughters had the right to go to school. I...

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Angelina Jolie Asks the Outgoing Head of MI6 About Protecting Democracy, Fighting Misinformation and His Life as a Spy

"We created the things that divide us, and it’s in our power to solve them.”

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Angelina Jolie: COVID-19 Is Harming Women

The UN Secretary General’s latest report on COVID-19 contains a chilling statement: “gains on gender equality risk being reversed by decades” by the pandemic. The numbers paint a stark picture of a possible 2 million...

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Angelina Jolie Interviews Vanessa Nakate About Activism and the Power of African Voices

Concerned about her country's rising temperatures, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate, 23, spent months protesting alone outside the gates of Parliament in Kampala. Her Rise Up Movement seeks to amplify voices from Africa. The work...

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The World's Refugee Crisis Is Bad Now—But It's Only Going to Get Worse

As the burning injustice of discrimination and racism in America bursts to the forefront, we must also address persecution and oppression rising globally, depriving millions of their rights, their liberty and their physical safety. The...

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Angelina Jolie: Your Kids Don’t Want You to Be Perfect. They Just Want You to Be Honest

TIME contributing editor Angelina Jolie guest-edited a special edition of TIME's Parents newsletter. Sign up to read it and get weekly parenting tips and links. Dear Parents, I am thinking of you. I am imagining...

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Angelina Jolie Talks to Mariane Pearl About Overcoming Trauma and the Search for Truth

I have known Mariane Pearl for fifteen years, as a friend, mother, journalist, champion of the voices of women and an unconquerable spirit. We came together over a shared concern for displaced people, and in...

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Children Seem to Be Less Vulnerable to the Coronavirus. Here's How the Pandemic May Still Put Them at Risk

Of the many ways that the pandemic is making us rethink our humanity, none is more important, or urgent, than the overall protection of children. They may not be as susceptible to the virus as...

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