Witherspoon Against Domestic Violence

During her recent trip to Brazil, Legally Blonde actress Reese Witherspoon took advantage of her time and used the week to speak against domestic violence.

As part of her duties as the global ambassador of the Speak Out Against Domestic Violence campaign, the blonde bombshell is touring the South American country. The initiative for the campaign was launched by the Avon cosmetics company in 2004 and the UN Development Fund for Women.

In hopes that her involvement with the campaign will raise awareness of abuse of women, Witherspoon reveals that she has been close to people who were unfortunately victims of domestic violence. "There isn't a woman in the world that doesn't have a friend or a partner who's actually experiencing some sort of violence against them, so I think although domestic violence hasn't happened to me personally, I certainly know women who are dealing with this struggle every day," Witherspoon told reporters in Sao Paulo, according to Ecorazzi.

"Domestic violence affects women who are famous, who are not famous, women who have money, women who have no money. This is an issue that crosses all boundaries and it certainly affects everyone," Witherspoon states, showing how the issue of domestic violence can affect anyone. According to Witherspoon, in order to stop the violence against women, we must first become aware of it.