Nicole Kidman Named UN Ambassador

Nicole Kidman is now an ambassador for the United Nations Development Fund for Women, known as Unifem. Kidman hopes to use the role to focus on violence against women.

I wasn't always a huge fan of Nicole Kidman's (this is actually a bit of an understatement), but I have a newfound respect for her:

The actress says she hopes her name and face will cause people who wouldn't normally be interested in women's rights to "leave the TV running or read the papers..."

Kidman said it was her own "passion toward helping women" that motivated her to first call the United Nations and said she hoped it would "result in lifelong commitment."

Source:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/01/26/kidman.un/index.html