‘I Saw My Childhood Friend Being Married Off to a 55 Yr-Old Man’

Listen to the gritty stories of some incredible women on The Quint’s ‘Me, The Change’ podcast series.
Shorbori Purkayastha
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How do we measure the impact of a single vote? Now consider this, approximately 260.6 million women exercised their right to vote in the 2014 general elections in India. The ‘Me, The Change’ campaign – an initiative by The Quint and presented by Facebook, focuses on these women achievers and first-time voters who will take the change forward in the 2019 general election.

For the first episode of the ‘Me, The Change’ podcast, we spoke to Masooma Ranalvi who is known for her campaign to end female genital mutilation in the Bohra community. Listen to her message to the younger lot.

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Published: 02 Dec 2018,08:20 AM IST

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