Manju Tanganga, Kishanghar, Ajmer, says, “My husband passed away four years ago. After that, many things changed … I wasn’t wanted anymore … my in-laws forced me out of my home and my child was taken away from me. I spoke to Geeta who returned my child to me and even managed to get part of my dowry back. It was only after meeting her, that I realised I’m not alone: many other women have suffered much more than I have, and it is my duty to fight for them just as she’d fought for me.

I now attend all the meetings and help out with the cases that come to us. I want to mobilise as many people as possible to help end violence against women … this can be achieved only if we begin with small changes in our own homes. In my house, my father’s support goes beyond letting me go to the meetings; he also comes to the meetings with me, and as a result helps out in the house with the washing. In this way, I try to involve everyone that I know in the campaign … all of my neighbours know the work I do as I show them all the material from the Change Maker’s bag. In this way, I want to go to more isolated communities where women face atrocities and have no help or even any knowledge that they are being discriminated against.”