Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher lent their names to the U.N.‘s efforts to fight human trafficking, a scourge the international organization estimates affects about 2.5 million people worldwide.
The couple attended the launch Thursday of a new U.N. Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking, saying that international sex slavery and indentured servitude — especially of children — must stop.
“Help us spread the awareness and bring a spotlight on this atrocious issue,” Moore said, with Kutcher adding: “we are failing option-less victims.”
At the ceremony, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a new U.N. Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking, and a new global action plan for countries and organizations to coordinate efforts against organized sexual exploitation and forced labor.
Moore and Kutcher earlier this year created the DNA Foundation, also known as the Demi&Ashton Foundation, to combat the organized sexual exploitation of girls around the globe.
Moore has appeared in such films as “Ghost” and “Indecent Proposal.” Kutcher acted in the Fox sitcom “That ‘70s Show,” and films including “Dude, Where’s My Car?” He also produced and hosted the TV program “Punk’d.”
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