Ashley Judd

Activist

Ashley Judd is a feminist social justice humanitarian. She has been working internationally, with NGO’S, grass roots organizations, governments, and supranational bodies since 2004. Presently, she serves as Goodwill Ambassador for UNFPA, is the Global Ambassador for Population Services International, and also for Polaris Project. She serves on the Advisory Boards of International Center for Research on Women, Apne Aap Worldwide, and Demand Abolition. She is Chairperson of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project: Curbing Abuse, Expanding Freedom. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky, and in 2010, earned an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Her paper, Gender Violence, Law and Social Justice won the Dean’s Scholar Award at Harvard Law School. She frequently serves as an expert panelist at international conferences, is a sought after public speaker and is a widely published OpEd author, with a diverse and unique social media presence. Her book, All That Is Bitter & Sweet, detailing her visits to grassroots programs in 13 countries, was New York Times bestseller. Ashley is also an actor both on film and stage. She has been nominated for several Golden Globe and Emmy awards. A native Kentuckian, Ashley currently resides in Tennessee. Ashley is a PhD candidate at the University of California at Berkeley at the Goldman School of Public Policy. Diaries and images from her current travels, such as to Jordan working with Syrian refugees, are available on her website and Facebook page.