Angelina Jolie does not only have the cinema in mind. She is also, above all, a very committed woman. UN Ambassador, Patron of Women for Bees, at the head of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, an activist committed to ecology, human rights and women’s freedom, the actress has her work cut out for her. As she has just celebrated her 47th birthday, on June 4, the former companion of Brad Pitt has as a priority these various fights as well as the education of her six children.
Shiloh opened its eyes in Namibia
Maddox, 20, Pax Thien, 18, Zahara, 17, Shiloh, 16, Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline, 13, are obviously at the heart of his daily thoughts. It was by seeing them grow that Angelina Jolie developed her soul as a citizen of the world and, among other things, obtained Cambodian nationality in addition to American in 2005. “None of my six children were born in the United Statesshe reminds Miss Figaro. My twins were born in France, my daughter is Ethiopian, my sons Vietnamese and Cambodian, and Shiloh opened her eyes in Namibia. My heart is attached to several countries, and above all to those of birth and heritage of my children. But I must say that Cambodia was the first country with which I established a very strong bond.”
I discover every day new aspects in each of them
No wonder she has been fighting for years for sole custody of her entire tribe. Among its missions, this one, certainly: to ensure that equality between men and women is absolutely respected at home, as in the rest of the world. “This question of education arises beyond any geographical or cultural connotation, it arises in all communities or families, in your home as in mine.explains the actress. I, for example, have three boys and three girls, and every day I discover new aspects in each of them. The idea is that everyone finds their place whatever their sex, and flourishes equitably without hindering the freedom of the other…“
Find the full interview of Angelina Jolie in the magazine Madame Figaro, June 17, 2022.