Swati, 20, of the Society for the Upliftment of the Needy (SUN), Nagaluvancha village, Kammam district, says, “I prevented a child marriage. I was married off at the age of fifteen and faced innumerable problems. When I heard that a young girl was being married, I could emphatise with the trauma that the girl would have gone through. So I was determined not to allow this marriage. I complained to the authorities and stalled it. I also speak up at home when I feel my husband is being unreasonable or unjust.”