Nowhere is this clearer than in women living in poverty.
International Women's Day, 8 March, is an opportunity for women worldwide.
Day, "Al-Jazeera interview Hibaaq Osman, the founder and president of Karamah, regional activists who are in eight areas of civil society to end violence against women in the Middle East and North Africa.
In 2002 he was appointed Special Envoy for Africa, the Middle East and Asia, V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women, from Eve Ensler in the game, The Vagina Monologues.
Osman was in New York at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Al-Jazeera: World activists frequently complained of problems with the transfer of business or goodwill in action. What are these activists?
Osman: Without a full and active participation of women and girls, their needs and concerns of the UN meetings, not much substance.
Without their positions at all levels of decision-making at the United Nations goals of equality and development, it is not possible - regardless of the number of ratified Conventions, regardless of how many resolutions have signed. It is a recognition that without the participation of women, the Committee on the Status of Women would not be here today.
Your needs and interests must be taken into account, since it is an integral part of democracy to function. Does your pain and struggles that we have in addressing global problems.
As the conventions and resolutions of the United Nations contributed to the situation of women in the world?
It touches the ground so that violence against women, at a conference in Nairobi in 1985, but the Government did not negotiate, in the way of these atrocities in their own countries.
The Vienna World Conference on Human Rights in 1993, was a turning point for women's rights, because it was the first time for people to realize women's rights is very specific issues, such as the recognition of abuse of all forms of violence against women.
Only through the intensification of efforts by groups of women's rights in hand, they are those who have a lot of credit for the transformation of good will to act. So this is not a stranger to talk about women's rights.
But women's rights is even less in many countries, so that women can not disc in Saudi Arabia or women working in public service in the ultra-conservative society, such as parts of Pakistan are aimed at honor crimes.
What specific steps can the Government do to promote the social and institutional change?
Government, the right of women to be documented, it is best to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Expert Group was established in 1982.
This is a fantastic guide can really hamper the Government on how to ensure that women feel safe and protected.
It is an education, the Government must invest in their children so they can decide what your country can offer. You need to make their investments in strengthening the role of women.
This is not just about the construction of 10 schools, and say: "Hey - I have done my job" is that the government can not protect their way to school, to ensure order after the completion of the works that could be at all levels of employment of the country can offer.
And you will see that the stories, as in Egypt and Kuwait, where it is possible for women at the top.
But then we have government of their political positions, but women who are trying to do "PR" for his country, while in Zambia, where it has about 20 percent of National Assembly is composed of women. But after talking with these women, and do not even know, especially about changes in their own country, or they simply face barriers because of their sex.
Governments should facilitate and maximize the role of women, not just assert that they are good.
In Egypt, for example, mechanisms of control by the government to CEDAW, and sent delegations to New York in the report that his administration has done and what we have not done so.
What women's rights within the organization to focus on the next ten years?
Difficult to say, because until the war is not poverty, so long as there is poverty, women's rights will always be problems.
Responsibility rests with governments and nongovernmental organizations to unite and fight against that, unfortunately, it appears that trends in the conditio Humana, as well as non-governmental organizations that responded to the cessation of violence against women.
The stronger and more at home, these efforts domestically, strengthening the role of the international community can play in solving global problems, and the international community to provide greater control in determining these issues. When international organizations are better informed about the policies that affect all the same.
One of the reasons that Arab women in the Fund for the Support of Women in the Middle East is to change society in its own way, with its own agenda, because it differs around the world.
Netherlands, Norway and the EU are generous when it comes to women's rights. List some of the best private institutions.
But I do believe that the UN "Millennium Development Goal 3 (MDG3), which is a global call to action to promote equality between women and men throughout the world under the auspices of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is one of the main idea.
Netherlands came with money and other donor governments to NGOs around the world, funding for gender equality, and invest resources to enable women to do their work and financial groups.
After some time, the results observed. These issues deserve praise.
Do you think that a woman could be president in the Arab world?
Why not? I am very optimistic.
Women can not be afraid for their political positions, do not be afraid to search for resources that they can offer their land to help them help themselves.
If Barack Obama could become president of the United States, why not a woman in the Middle East will be the president? You need to be optimistic, because of hope, optimism, confidence - these things are a catalyst for change.
As Ellen Sirleaf, the idea was not the first woman president in Africa, least of Liberia. But they did. Arab woman president - it's just a matter of time.
Women are moving not only in the Arab world but throughout the world, and nothing can stop us.
The media is the growth of trafficking in women in the sex trade, with some countries as agents. What is it that your organization like to do to raise awareness about this issue?
This is a very important issue for women, human rights and their importance for the understanding that the problem with understanding the mind. If you legalize prostitution, for example, the sex trade will grow, if they are illegal, then women are beaten, enslaved, etc.
It all starts with poverty, and I believe that women are always the option at the end of the day.
I believe that if you live in Europe and other parts of the world, a privileged position, believe that sex is that women have, but it's because people say that the preferred areas.
But if you live in the poorest countries, and try to order the shoes, and someone offers you money, of course, be attempted. Of course, neither the mother of their children in their right mind, but her spirit is not right.
Poverty is so bad, that leads to things that you usually do not. And if you do not solve poverty as a global problem, then we have the problem of sex workers is constantly in the world.
This is a lucrative business, unfortunately.