Kidman campaigns against violence

Actress Nicole Kidman, who says her other job as a United Nations goodwill ambassador gives meaning to her life, announced that more than five million world leaders and ordinary people had joined a campaign to fight violence against women.

But the 41-year-old Australian star said even though the campaign attracted five times as many signatures as it initially forecast, ending violence against women must remain a global priority “as

long as one in three women and girls may be abused in their lifetimes”.

Kidman became a goodwill ambassador in January 2006 for the UN Development Fund for Women, known as Unifem, and has spent the past year promoting its “Say NO to Violence Against Women” campaign.