“Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.” — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“ISIS BEHEADS CIVILIANS WHILE WORLD KEEPS FORGETTING WHAT VICTIMS' SOULS R BEGGING: HUMANITY SAVE KOBANE” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
Unless men are active allies, we'll never end violence against women and girls. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I got reckless baby, put you in your place. Next time, maybe rearrange your face. — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
#MeToo shows this bias is systemic, that people get away with violence against women, get away with discrimination - whether in work… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
I firmly believe today that the only way to stop violence against women is to speak out and refused to be silenced. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
“John was still making comments regarding violent things that he shouldn't, but I hoped he was just being a big mouth. Nobody… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
Since [violence against women] is rooted in discrimination, impunity and complacency, we need to change attitudes and behavior - and we need… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea. — Charlotte Bunch Copy Share Image
I feel like acts of violence against women are detestable, and they need to be dealt with, and they are important. — Jason Priestley Copy Share Image
Greek myths, early Roman history, is configured around violence against women. And I think we need to get in there, get our… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“When it comes right down to it, this story is not primarily about spies and secret government agencies; it's about violence against… — Stieg Larrson Copy Share Image
One is that if women's sexuality in Africa wasn't under assault, if women were able to say no, if women weren't subject… — Stephen Lewis Copy Share Image
“Violent men, and men in authority over violent men, and the broader public that authorises those men, are not yet shamed by… — Lee Lakeman Copy Share Image
Domestic violence and violence against women in general seems to be a big problem everywhere in the world. It seems to me… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I was proud to be an original cosponsor of the Violence Against Women Act when Congress passed it in 1994, and was… — Carolyn Maloney Copy Share Image
Given the racist and patriarchal patterns of the state, it is difficult to envision the state as the holder of solutions to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“the purpose of the word “slut” is: controlling women through shame and humiliation. Women’s bodies are always the ones that are being… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“It’s estimated that $55 million dollars is spent on aftercare in Kenya alone every year. This model is not practical or sustainable… — Lisa Cole Copy Share Image
Violence against women continues to persist as one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world. It… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
“Slowly, it dawned on me that nothing was more important than stopping violence toward women—that the desecration of women indicated the failure… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
“The effect of legalised prostitution on women outside prostitution is to lower the status of all women. Women are recognised by the… — Sheila Jeffreys Copy Share Image
“The heated public discourse about the frequency of false rape allegations often makes no reference to actual research. When the discourse does… — David Lisak Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm a bad feminist, but I am deeply committed to the issues important to the feminist movement. I have strong opinions… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Acknowledging that a woman's right to be safe from a gender-based attack was a "civil right," I believed, was critically important in… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“It is a positive sign that a growing number of social movements are recognizing that indigenous self-determination must become the foundation for… — Harsha Walia Copy Share Image
We have seen a man dragged to death in Texas simply because he was black. A young man murdered in Wyoming simply… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“The manner Women are bred in, (...) they are admitted to no share of the exercises which wou'd qualify them to attack… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image