We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us.
I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence.
I think violence against women in America has become ordinary - it's been made absolutely acceptable.
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.
Unless men are active allies, we'll never end violence against women and girls.
Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.
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.
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.
Now, I have always believed that women are not victims; we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace - all we need is a fighting chance.