Angelina Jolie

Jolie, a TIME contributing editor, is an Academy Award–winning actor and Special Envoy of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees

Women gathered in Kadıköy, Istanbul to protest Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention on March 26.

Angelina Jolie Talks to Elif Shafak About Why Men Need to Be Engaged in the Fight for Women's Rights

Turkish citizens have taken to the streets to protest their government’s de...

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...

Mother of a Srebrenica victim Fazila Efendic, the mother of a Srebrenica victim visits the graves of her husband and son in Srebrenica, Bosnia, on Feb. 15, 2020. They lost their lives in the Srebrenica genocide, which started on July 11, 1995.

Angelina Jolie Talks to Director Jasmila Zbanic About Quo Vadis, Aida? and the Role of Art in Healing Trauma

In some countries March 8, International Women’s Day, is also Mother’s Day....

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...

An empty dormitory full of schoolboys' items is seen after gunmen abducted students at the Government Science school in Kankara, Nigeria on Dec. 15, 2020.

Angelina Jolie: 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...

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...

Alex Younger at a talk at University of St Andrews in Scotland on Dec. 3, 2018.

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....

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

Women participate in The Rapist Is You, a feminist performance piece originating in Chile, during a demonstration against rape, gender-based violence, and domestic abuse in Niteroi, Brazil, Sept.2, 2020.

Angelina Jolie: How the Pandemic Is Hurting Women in a World That Already Didn't Care About Them

The UN Secretary General’s latest report on COVID-19 contains a chilling st...

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...

TIME 100 Talks: Angelina Jolie / Ugandan cliimate activist Vanessa Nakate

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

Concerned about her country's rising temperatures, Ugandan climate activist...

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...

Migrants from Moria refugee camp arriving by ship from the island of Lesbos, stand in the port of Piraeus near Athens on May 4, 2020.

Angelina Jolie: 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 ...

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...