Lakshmi Puri was talking ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, marked annually on 25 November.
Mjumbe maalum wa Umoja wa Mataifa anayehusika na masuala ya ukatili dhidi ya wanawake Rashida Manjoo amesema kuwa ukatili dhidi ya wanawake kote duniani umekita mizizi.