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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.

Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.

Let's empower men and help them take a stand to stop acts of violence against women.

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond.

The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!

Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights.

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.

Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women 'in their place.' To make sure that we're acting 'appropriately,' whatever that means.