Future Quote by Deeyah Khan

Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all…

— Anonymous

Human rights represent absolute and universal values. They should be protected by all means we have at our disposal.

— Miroslav Lajcak

Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation, and it is perhaps the most pervasive. It knows no boundaries of geography,…

— Kofi Annan

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

— Charlotte Bunch

Women's rights, men's rights-human rights-all are threatened by the everpresent specter of war so destructive now of human material and moral values as to…

— Rosika Schwimmer

There is increasing recognition that violence against women is a major barrier to the fulfilment of human rights and a direct challenge to women's…

— Antonio Guterres

When you look at human rights, look at gender, and the rights of girls for education in the world - that are crucial issues…

— Antonio Guterres

All women and girls have the fundamental right to live free of violence. This right is enshrined in international human rights and humanitarian law.…

— Ban Ki-moon

The fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity of women.

— Laura Bush

As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.

— Nelson Mandela

Violence against women continues to persist as one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world. It is a…

— Ban Ki-moon

“Women's rights must not be treated as trivial adjuncts to great questions of war and peace, poverty and development. What's at stake are not…

— Michelle Goldberg