Amanda Lindhout Quotes

There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: 'this is not happening in my backyard.'

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.

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'm especially interested in helping to give visibility to the pandemic of violence against women

I really want to help stop violence toward women.

In the State of Israel, there are still women who suffer mental and physical violence just because they are women. Many people suffer mental and physical violence, but there is a certain section of the population that harasses women because they are women, and we must fight this vigorously. Anyone who infringes on the rights of women or their freedom, or who works to discriminate against women, works against the principles and ideals of the State of Israel.

Violence against women and girls touches every corner of the globe and is one of the world's most pervasive human rights violations.

Violence against women is not inevitable.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated.

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

Unless men are active allies, we'll never end violence against women and girls.

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 inclusion and participation in sustainable development and sustaining peace.

Women and girls, men and boys all share the right to live free of violence, which is, unfortunately, experienced by both men and women. Women and girls, however, disproportionately experience violence due to a deeply rooted global culture of gender discrimination.

The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.

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

As a Goodwill Ambassador for UNIFEM, I've learned that violence against women knows no boundaries. Join me in helping women worldwide who have suffered unthinkable violence.

As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.

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

What I hope to do is create a play that investigates the ongoing violence toward women and children in the world, and searches for some kind of answer to the question, 'What Can We Do?'

As legislators and as Members of Congress, it is our obligation to speak up for those who are being ignored in our society. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) does just that.

Cinema has only been around for about 100 years. Has all of the world's violence towards women taken place only within the past 100 years?

I am in a charity out there to stop violence against women.

Violence against women is a huge issue. A good feminist should be working on that - making the world a safer place for girls and women, wherever they live.

I feel like acts of violence against women are detestable, and they need to be dealt with, and they are important.