Around the world Quote by Gillian Anderson

Violence against women isn't cultural, it's criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it's something we must fight for now.

— Samantha Power

Unfortunately, violence against women is not the only injustice women face globally; it is one of the many inequalities that impede the full development…

— Zainab Salbi

As women, we may not be a minority, but there is a bond that we all share. It is not a bond of geography.…

— Amal Clooney

Since violence is largely a male pastime, cultures that empower women tend to move away from the glorification of violence and are less likely…

— Steven Pinker

I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some…

— Zainab Salbi

It seems to me that violence against women has been tolerated for so long that the world has become numb to it.

— Zainab Salbi

Many entire nations are marginalised by the more powerful nations. That is causing imbalance, violence and terror. Women must do their best to introduce…

— Karen Armstrong

Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.

— Michelle Bachelet

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

Violence toward women isn't cultural; it's criminal.

— Hillary Clinton

Feminism has never emerged from the women who are most victimized by sexist oppression; women who are daily beaten down, mentally, physically, and spiritually…

— Bell Hooks

From our perspective, while violence against women is a problem in it of itself, it's also usually an extreme form of treatment of women…

— Neera Tanden