Violence Against Women Quotes
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Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women (Violence Against Women Quotes)
I was proud to be an original cosponsor of the Violence Against Women Act when Congress passed it in 1994, and was proud to support the previous renewals in 2000 and 2005. These bills always enjoyed large, bipartisan support (Violence Against Women Quotes)
Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It’s not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates (Violence Against Women Quotes)
When violence against women is no longer societally accepted, no longer kept secret; when everyone understands that even one case is too many. That’s when it will change (Violence Against Women Quotes)
The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won’t tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it (Violence Against Women Quotes)
Whether it’s repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women ‘in their place.’ To make sure that we’re acting ‘appropriately,’ whatever that means (Violence Against Women Quotes)
I call on men and boys everywhere to join us. Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until all of us - men and boys - refuse to tolerate it (Violence Against Women Quotes)
As a child, I heard in my home doctors and ambulance men say, ‘Mrs. Stewart, you must’ve done something to provoke him.’ ‘Mrs. Stewart, it takes two to make an argument.’ Wrong. Wrong! My mother did nothing to provoke that - and even if she had, violence is never ever a choice that a man should make. Ever (Violence Against Women Quotes)
Look, guys, no matter what a girl does, no matter how she’s dressed, no matter how much she’s had to drink, it’s never, never, never, never, never OK to touch her without her consent. This doesn’t make you a man. It makes you a coward (Violence Against Women Quotes)
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 (Violence Against Women Quotes)
I represent an affluent district, but when I worked to form my county’s first battered-women’s shelter, some nights there were no beds left. Violence against women crosses all economic lines (Violence Against Women Quotes)
We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government (Violence Against Women Quotes)
Women’s Aid is a fantastic charity which has my full support. I am proud to call myself a Real Man, a man who will stand up against domestic violence (Violence Against Women Quotes)
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 (Violence Against Women Quotes)
A vast majority of Republicans are on the record saying that they believe the Violence Against Women Act should be reauthorized. Let me be clear: I believe that Violence Against Women Act must be reauthorized (Violence Against Women Quotes)
The Violence Against Women Act has been a true bipartisan success story since it was first enacted in 1994. In my home state of Texas alone, its programs have helped hundreds of thousands of victims to break free from the terrible cycle of domestic violence (Violence Against Women Quotes)
Violence against women is as American as apple pie. I know, not only as a legislator, but from personal experience (Violence Against Women Quotes)
Violence against women is the single greatest human rights violation of our generation, (Violence Against Women Quotes)
The passive and overt violence waged against the women and children of the world must end (Violence Against Women Quotes)
Let’s start a movement - a movement of men who aren’t afraid to stop violence against women. (Violence Against Women Quotes)
There is a legacy of violence against native women that has gotten worse and worse over time (Violence Against Women Quotes)
Violence against women isn’t cultural, it’s criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it’s something we must fight for now. (Violence Against Women Quotes)
I honestly never understood how violence against women became a women’s issue. 95 percent of the violence men are doing to women. (Violence Against Women Quotes)
My wish for the world would be to end violence against women. My wish for myself would be for peace of mind. (Violence Against Women Quotes)
We have not yet made violence against women abnormal, extraordinary, unacceptable. We have not yet come to see it as a pathological issue. (Violence Against Women Quotes)
I am going to ensure that LGBTQ Americans have full equality under the law and address the urgent crisis of violence against transgender women of color. (Violence Against Women Quotes)
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. (Violence Against Women Quotes)
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government’s obligation, not just a good idea (Violence Against Women Quotes)
I’m not someone who ever enjoys violence against women or children (Violence Against Women Quotes)
I am in a charity out there to stop violence against women (Violence Against Women Quotes)