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Charlize Theron Warns Aid Cuts Threaten Lives and Rights at CTAOP Benefit

On the Universal Studios backlot, Theron framed recent policy shifts as life-or-death issues, calling for collective civic action

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Overview

  • Charlize Theron highlighted U.S. foreign aid cuts that have halted HIV/AIDS programs in South Africa and warned that reductions under 1 percent could cost millions of lives
  • She condemned immigration policies that she said destroy family unity by targeting migrants rather than criminals
  • Theron denounced rollbacks on women’s, queer and trans rights and sounded the alarm on rising gender-based violence
  • The fifth annual Block Party continues CTAOP’s 18-year record of raising $15 million and reaching more than 4.5 million southern African youth
  • She urged supporters to lobby elected officials, protest, vote and maintain funding for humanitarian outreach