Angelina Jolie is asking British lawmakers to help stop ISIS from raping women

Angelina Jolie speaks at a press conference.
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Actor and United Nations special envoy Angelina Jolie spoke pointedly to a British parliamentary committee Tuesday about the importance of addressing sexual violence in light of ISIS, The Guardian reports. The terrorist group reportedly rapes and sexually assaults women routinely, and even forces them into prostitution.

"The brutalization of women and girls is central to their ideology," UN official Zainab Bangura once told the Middle East Eye.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.