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# Week 3, day 16: quote of the day
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/week-3-day-16-quote-of-the-day/
- Published: 2007-12-10T17:12:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T10:23:11.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
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"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." - [Kofi Annan](http://www.womankind.org.uk/violence-against-women.html?ref=opendemocracy.net)