Judd, a two-time Golden Globe nominee whose screen credits include "De-Lovely" and "Kiss the Girls," also has used her celebrity to focus attention on HIV/AIDS prevention to young adults around the world. She has been serving as a global ambassador for YouthAIDS, an education and prevention program of the group Population Services International.
"I do think that all of the issues are fundamentally connected. They all spring out of gender inequality," she told reporters.
About 2.5 million people worldwide, most of them women and children, are thought to be victims of the $32 billion annual industry of human trafficking, according to U.N. figures. The General Assembly met Tuesday for a "thematic debate" on the subject.
--- On the Net: UN Office on Drugs and Crime: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/index.html
Population Services International: http://www.psi.org/