Mona Eltahawy Quotes

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

As far as women's security is concerned, our government is committed to the cause.

Security for women needs to focussed on every section of the society.

In case after case, President Bush's actions have made American women less safe and less secure -- on the job and on the streets. As president, I will put American government and our legal system back on the side of women. I will stand up for their security, ensure their safety, support their rights, and guarantee their dignity. This nation can do no less.

I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality.

Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable... and you do something about social and cultural equality for women, you're never going to defeat this pandemic.

Something that's such a joy in my life every day - cooking - is this incredible, horrific danger to women around the world.

It's about ladies, as usual. I'm telling the ladies I got the right temperature to keep them warm.

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.

I really want to help stop violence toward women.

Hillary Clinton has a strong and powerful voice regarding ending violence against women and girls.

By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls.

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 don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.

A society that respects women needs to elect leaders who care more about women's lives than they do about their or their company's bottom line.

I think women are too valuable to be in combat.

We're going forward until we have an equitable and safe world for women.

Until the Saudi authorities who administer the holy sites take concrete steps to protect female pilgrims, we must protect each other. Men must stop assaulting us, yes. But women the world over, regardless of faith, know that until that happens, we are each other's keepers.

As long as I am president, the rights of women will be protected.

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.

All of us have mothers, sisters, daughters at home and it is our responsibility to protect them and make them aware of their rights.

Empowering women in Pakistan would mean raising them equal to boys, providing them the same education, giving them the same job opportunities, equal wages and equal respect.

We keep discussing nuclear power and other issues, but we should spare a thought to the basic needs of our women.