On Wednesday, Wilson will team up with Actress Debra Winger to host a benefit for the Tahirih Justice Center, which works to protect immigrant women and girls seeking justice in the United States from gender-based violence. The organization uses in-house and pro bono legal services and public policy advocacy to advance its cause. The dinner fundraiser, being held at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, is completely sold out.
According to the Tahirih Justice Center, around the world at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. In the United States, about 25% of women suffer domestic violence, with ongoing health problems that have been linked to the effects of living in a war zone. Each year, between 600,000 and 800,000 people—mostly women and children—are trafficked across national borders.
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