Nicole Kidman the Australian actress has been chosen to advance women's rights around the globe in her new role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.
Working with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Kidman, 38, will focus attention on "critical gender concerns such as ending violence against women," according to a Thursday press release from the U.N.
Since the 1950s, U.N. agencies have enlisted the help of prominent personalities from the arts and sports worlds to highlight key issues.
Actress Angelina Jolie is serving as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.'s refugee agency, and has traveled widely promoting the agency's cause.
These prominent personalities and celebrities help to bring the issues of the under priviledged to the forefront and are able communicate those concerns using their status and goodwill.
In the same manner everyone of us can make a difference and enrich the life of another individual. We just need the will to do it.
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