That sums up all of Subrato Kumar Majumdar interests. His focus has been on campaigns aiming to stop violence against women and gender equality. Majumdar’s motivation for social work is the progress of his country. Majumdar joined a campaign ally in Khanpur as their cultural trainer at workshops that focussed on presenting issues about gender equality and violence against women through theatre.

He has been committed as a Change Maker since 2004. “There are not many obstacles involved in raising the people’s awareness about domestic violence; in fact it has become an open and comfortable topic to discuss at the tea stalls or casual gatherings. This success is because of the information spread through ‘We Can’ campaign. The main obstacle is fundamentalist politics, which has been a constant threat for us. We could not form the human chain for human rights day because there was a fear of terrorist attacks.”

Majumdar has been a social worker since his early 20s, “I have been aware of the women’s rights situation since late 1980’s. My beliefs turned into reality when I did not take dowry from my wife. At that point my family was very upset but now they are proud of me and for the work I do. In fact, they boast about me and encourage other people to change their attitudes towards women although I am still influenced by patriarchy to a certain extent”, he adds.

Since the beginning of the campaign Majumdar has worked with several families. He believes that, “the family is a unit of the society and then the state. If there is violence at home then the children will be affected. If children are not given the proper care and attention then they may become tomorrow’s terrorists… instead of tomorrow’s leaders. We have to work from the family level to the society and ultimately to the state level so that one day Bangladesh will be a peaceful and progressive country.”