Humanitarian Angelina Jolie announced on Tuesday she plans to open the Centre on Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics.

People Magazine reports the 39-year-old Jolie, already a special envoy of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, made the announcement alongside William Hague, Britain's First Secretary of State and leader of the House of Commons.

In a press release, organizers added the goal of the center will be to educate followers about the power of having women take part in "conflict related processes" and "on enhancing accountability and ending impunity for rape and sexual violence in war."

In a statement, the Academy Award winning actress added "I am excited at the thought of all the students in the years to come who will study in this new Centre. There is no stable future for a world in which crimes committed against women go unpunished. We need the next generation of educated youth with inquisitive minds and fresh energy."

The new facility will work in conjunction with Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative both Jolie and Hague previously worked to co-found. The new center also has the support of potential democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and current Obama administration Secretary of State John Kerry.

The launch of Tuesday's initiative comes just days after Jolie penned an op-ed in the New York Times about Syrian and Iraqi refuges during which she reasoned, "I have visited Iraq five times since 2007, and I have seen nothing like the suffering I'm witnessing now."

The mother of six later added, "nothing prepares you for the reality of so much individual human misery, for the stories of suffering and death, and the gaze of hungry, traumatized children."

The wife of Hollywood actor Brad Pitt is also known for starring in such films as "Girl Interrupted," "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" and "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," which she starred in alongside Pitt.

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