Twenty two-year-old Ritu Raj Singh of Nainbagh village in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttaranchal, says, “My family is a broadminded one and members do not discriminate against girls. But this is not true of other families in my community. Co-existence between the sexes is fraught with violence against women and other forms of discrimination. Violence against women is so inherent and ingrained in our social structures that the process of disentangling will be a difficult one. But we need to begin to address the issue.”