Bangladesh, March 30 -- United Nations, Mar 30 (AP/UNB) - Actress and activist Angelina Jolie warned Friday that the world "will remain stuck in a cycle of violence and conflicts" as long as nations continue to put almost every other issue ahead of women's equality, rights and participation.

Jolie, who is a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency, added in a keynote address to a ministerial meeting on U.N. peacekeeping that "denying half a population representation in peace negotiations or in government is not the route to long-term stability."

There are many examples around the world of successful and inspiring women, she said, "but women and girls are still the majority of the victims of war," over half the world's refugees, and "th...