Seventeen-year-old Naushad Ali, says, “ I talk about intimate partner violence to my friends and my neighbours. I know I am very young but these issues affect the youth and children as much as they affect women. So there is a need to talk of such issues. At this stage, I am not sure if what I say will have any impact but I am determined to try. Violence against women not only takes a direct physical form, but it is also psychological and includes the deprivation of basic needs. We live in a society where all forms of violence against women are accepted as the norm and normal. But this is a human rights violation and speaks poorly of women’s rights in the city and country.”