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The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture.

All women and girls have the fundamental right to live free of violence. This right is enshrined in international human rights and humanitarian law. And it lies at the heart of my UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign.

A lot of people in Islamic countries are taking it as a personal offense when people are talking about the violence against women in their culture.

As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.

I think violence against women in America has become ordinary - it's been made absolutely acceptable.

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

It is only with the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 that we have been able to put a dent in violence against women, and women have had a place to go.

I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence.

Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights.

I've never seen a world where only men were responsible for the violence, and the women were innocent. They go together. Men and women are a violent mixture.