Hayek helps domestic violence victims

Actress Salma Hayek has lent her support to groups helping battered women in her native Mexico through a series of generous donations.

The Frida star - who promotes the Avon Foundation's Speak Out Against Domestic Violence campaign - recently donated $25,000 (€21,400) to a shelter in her hometown of Coatzacoalcos and another $50,000 (€42,000) in the northern city of Monterrey - but insists that domestic violence is not limited to her homeland.