Antonio Guterres Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I found it atrocious and downright infuriating to learn that one in three women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.

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

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

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

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

I've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that it's an important issue whether it's going up or not. And we are determined to stop it.

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 personally believe that violence against women in our society is not going anywhere.

Crimes against women are growing day by day. Despite this, the mindset of our leaders, politicians, or judicial system is not changing.

Violence against women is still treated as a lesser crime. Armed groups turn it into a weapon of choice because of near total impunity.

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

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

Violence against women continues to persist as one of the most heinous, systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world. It is a threat to all women, and an obstacle to all our efforts for development, peace, and gender equality in all societies. Violence against women is always a violation of human rights; it is always a crime; and it is always unacceptable. Let us take this issue with the deadly seriousness that it deserves.

We need to take violence against women seriously. It is the biggest indicator of whether a country is violent inside itself, and whether it will be militarily violent against another country.

Violence against women is the single greatest human rights violation of our generation.

Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation, and it is perhaps the most pervasive. It knows no boundaries of geography, culture or wealth. As long as it continues, we cannot claim to be making real progress towards equality, development and peace