Julia Roberts Quotes

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

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

Violence against women is not inevitable.

I don't put my hands on women.

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

I really want to help stop violence toward women.

Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.

Women are totally unsafe in Punjab.

Women's issues have always been a part of my life.

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.

We need to change attitudes. We can only change attitudes by working together. Government will do its bit, but I want you all to do your bit, too. So speak out, stand up against violence against women and girls, and that's the way we can eradicate it.

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.

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

I don't believe in violence against women.

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

It isn't always on the front pages, but the horrifying mistreatment and subjugation of women around the globe is very much worthy of more attention.

If we're not protecting our women and we're not protecting our girls and we're not protecting the most vulnerable people in this society, who are we as a country?

No woman should live in fear, and every girl should feel protected.

We all have responsibility to stop violence and discrimination against women, whether it's in our businesses, in our homes, or on our streets.

Girls have been suppressed for long. Crimes against women are on the rise because women have the courage to come out in the open and fight the perpetrators of these heinous crimes.

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.

Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women.