Actress and Avon Global Ambassador Reese Witherspoon speaks at the State Department at the Women of Courage Awards, hosted by Secretary Hilary Clinton and attended by First Lady Michelle Obama. The Avon Foundation for Women presented a $500,000 grant to the U.S. Department of State Secretary's Fund for Global Women's Leadership to accelerate the global movement to end violence against women. The U.S. Department of State will use the grant to fund innovative and breakthrough programs developed by international non-government organizations for the purpose of ending violence against women.
"I am proud to serve as Avon Global Ambassador and represent a company with a conscience and the courage to take on hard issues. Although we face many challenges around the world, nothing is more important than ensuring the safety of women and girls everywhere," said Reese Witherspoon. "Investments like the one announced today by the Avon Foundation and the U.S. Department of State are essential to the development and implementation of programs to end this global crisis."
Pictured in the photograph below, Reese Witherspoon, First Lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Andrea Jung, Avon Chairman.
Here is a video of the donation announcement at the Women of Courage Awards. Take a look:
