She is not only beautiful, but she is an activist. I love this woman!
(AP) Hollywood actress Salma Hayek has made donations to groups aiding battered women in her native Mexico, calling domestic violence a problem that touches every corner of the globe.
Hayek, nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role in the 2002 film "Frida," on Tuesday made a $25,000 donation to a battered woman's shelter in her hometown Coatzacoalcos, in Veracruz state on Mexico's Gulf Coast.
A day earlier she donated $50,000 to anti-domestic violence groups in the northern city of Monterrey, 435 miles north of Mexico City.
"No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse," Hayek told a Mexico City news conference on Tuesday. "Women have to feel like they are not alone."
The 39-year-old works with the "Speak Out Against Domestic Violence" campaign of the Avon Foundation, which cites statistics that domestic violence affects one in three women worldwide.
"Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more," Hayek said.
The actress was born in Coatzacoalcos and now lives in Los Angeles. She said the United States is not immune to domestic violence.
"It's not worse here or there, it's a worldwide problem," she said.
Hollywood types are often bashed for political activism, but this is the kind of "activism," that I think everyone can appreciate. And Salma is also putting her money where her mouth is. Right On Salma.
Posted by David A at February 14, 2006 09:42 PM
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