The usually perky Reese Witherspoon was tasked with a much more serious topic when she visited the area this week, addressing the 2nd World Conference of Women’s Shelters being held at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center. Witherspoon, as part of her role as an Avon Global Ambassador, spoke about the realities of domestic violence before presenting this year’s Avon Communications Awards. “As a mother and a daughter, I cannot accept the fact that one in three women will be a victim of violence in her lifetime,” the Academy Award-winning actress said.
The trip to Washington even prompted the actress to talk about domestic violence with her children Ava, 12, and Deacon, 8, according to the Associated Press, as Ava will soon be old enough to date.
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Along with Witherspoon, former President Bill Clinton was the conference’s special surprise guest Wednesday, giving a lunchtime speech. “What you’re doing today, just remember this, every time you take in a woman who’s been beaten … you are striking a blow against one of the oldest problems in human kind,” Clinton said.
