Hollywood darling Angelina Jolie arrived at Manila for the 2026 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Inclusive Growth Summit on Tuesday morning.

The actress, also a known advocate for refugees, women's and children's rights, the prevention of sexual violence during conflict (among other causes), touched down at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 ahead of a Summit talk on November 11, in which she will be one of the speakers.

The talk is titled, “From memory to possibility: Cambodia, courage and the power of staying,” according to the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.

The other speaker is Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh, with whom Jolie had worked with for the film “First They Killed My Father” in 2017.

“Cambodia has rebuilt itself through resilience, creativity, and the determination of its own people. Few partnerships show what that kind of change takes as clearly as the one between Angelina Jolie and Rithy Panh,” the talk’s description read.

“Their story is rooted in Cambodia, but its lessons are universal: lasting change is built alongside communities rather than for them; the people closest to a problem are best placed to lead its solution; and real progress for women and families is measured in decades, not project or funding cycles,” it added.

“Those lessons matter well beyond Cambodia: for every economy in ASEAN and for anyone who wants growth to be inclusive, sustainable, and resilient.”

Jolie served as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador from 2001 to 2012, after she was made aware of the reality of civilian displacement in Cambodia while filming the movie “Tomb Raiders” in 2000.

She adopted Maddox, her son, from Cambodia in 2002, and was granted Cambodian citizenship in 2005 in recognition of her “generosity” towards the country.