Mira Sorvino Aiding Amnesty International

LOS ANGELES -- Mira Sorvino is helping Amnesty International launch a two-year campaign to end violence against women.

The actress said Tuesday the campaign is intended to put pressure on governments around the world to create policies that would discourage violence against women.

"Even in the United States, violence against women is the number one threat to women's safety in terms of their health," she said. "Women are more likely to be injured or killed by violence than by any other threat."

In many countries, Sorvino said, violence against women also can take the form of female infanticide or abortions of fetuses expected to be girls.

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