Melanne Verveer: “Violence against women cannot be relegated to the margins of foreign policy.”

It is a powerful tool, and I hope that the United States can finally put it in our human rights arsenal as well.

These values are strongly supported by the American public, and U.S. law, as I believe all have said, is consistent with the principles set out in CEDAW.

I believe that many women woke up with the Arab Spring, and they will not go back to sleep.

It will be a demonstration to our own women and girls that the United States officially stands behind their advancement at home.