![]() Judd plans to show how love has helped her to endure hardships in a book she’s writing, her second, which she says will cover the loss of her mother and her decision to speak publicly about Weinstein. “And so I think that a painful past can have infinite value being in service to others.” With it, we can avert death and misery for others,’” Judd says. “There's a beautiful line in a recovery text that says, ‘in God's hands the dark past becomes our greatest asset. that can help protect families’ privacy after suicide. In the last year, she’s fought for laws in the U.S. But Judd has fortified herself, in part, by standing up as an advocate. Judd says that facing some of the world’s greatest suffering has taken an emotional toll at times, especially following her mother’s death by suicide in 2022. Altogether, she’s traveled to 22 countries to advocate for women and girls. With the UNFPA, the U.N.’s sexual and reproductive health agency, Judd has promoted the agency’s efforts to provide maternal health care to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh met with Syrian refugees at health clinics in Jordan, and elevated the work of mobile mental health teams caring for victims of gender-based violence in Ukraine. ![]() Judd’s dedication to amplifying and elevating the voices of women who are less powerful than she is shines through her humanitarian work, which includes serving as a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Goodwill Ambassador, a role she took on in 2016. Her courage emboldened other women to share their stories about Weinstein and others, leading to a flood of reporting that revealed the pervasiveness of sexual assault and harassment and galvanized the #MeToo movement. Judd was the first person to go on the record with the New York Times in 2017 about the sexual harassment she’d endured from Harvey Weinstein. “When someone shows up and they're invested in your story, it is a relief to be witnessed in your reality and validated.” The world does a lot of talking,” Judd says. She suspects they do so because of her openess in speaking about her own experiences with sexual violence, and because she listens in return. In her years of advocacy-in which she’s traveled the world to meet with vulnerable people, including those living in refugee camps, brothels, and slums-Judd says she’s most proud that the women and girls she encounters are willing to welcome her wherever they are and to share their experiences. Stories are also crucial to her work as a humanitarian-not just to raise awareness and catalyze action, but also to build trust and connect with the people she hopes to help. She’s spent years telling them as an actor, earning Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her performances. 17 in Kigali, Rwanda.Īshley Judd is an expert on the power of stories. The next TIME100 Impact Awards ceremony will be held on Nov. This profile is published as a part of TIME’s TIME100 Impact Awards initiative, which recognizes leaders from across the world who are driving change in their communities.
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