Eighteen-year-old Moumita Ghosh lives with her mother, maternal grandmother and a younger brother in Balakhali in West Bengal. The women shoulder all the responsibility of running the household. They work in the fields, tailor and give tuition to run the home. Moumita is determined to do her bit to add to the family income. She helps in every way she can. She also volunteers for a campaign ally and has received training in first aid, adolescent issues, HIV-AIDS and reproductive health. Before she joined the campaign, she says, she was very hesitant to challenge attitudes and practices. “ I would just bear and tolerate abuse.” But after being sensitised to the campaign, she says she summoned courage to stand up against violence and also intervene in a case of domestic violence where the woman was being brutally assaulted. “The fact that I was able to help the family gave me immense courage. I now assist people in my community when they have problems. People listen to me though I am very young. I have vowed not to part with dowry in my marriage and I have convinced my brother not to accept dowry when he marries. The campaign has helped me change my own attitudes. The change within is unbelievable. I hope that I can pass on what I have learnt and a changed mindset to all my friends and neighbours.”