Society told us that only women could do house chores, but now we realize that men can do them too. A real man for me is someone who is not ashamed of doing these jobs because he feels confident enough and is not bothered by what others may think. La League provided us with thoughts or ideas of equality, and thanks to La League my brother's and dads’ way of thinking has changed.

Before, I had a low self-esteem, I didn't like looking at myself in the mirror. During La League project, they taught us about self-image. I now accept myself the way I am. This has meant a great change for me because it helped me understand that if I don't love myself, I will never be happy with whom I am, so it has opened a chance for me to be happy.

In the photo I see a physically and emotionally abused woman. This women in particular is my aunt-in-law, who was battered by my uncle. But as I followed the LEEP project I felt gradually empowered and one day I felt strong enough to tell my uncle that men have no right to hit women. My mom also stood by me on that. So, whenever we saw him, we would talk about it and even my aunt began to defend herself saying the same things as I. My uncle began changing his habit of hitting her. It's meant a very big change for him, because he was an extremely male chauvinist.

I felt embarrassed talking about condoms and sexual relationships. But I have learned to express myself about these subjects without feeling ashamed. Today I had to make a presentation about condoms in biology class and my classmates and the teacher congratulated me because I knew so much about them, and I owe that to what I was told at La League.

In La League project they gave lectures to help us understand more about each other’s rights and how we should put them into practice. This helped me a lot to make the boys at home do the same things I do as a woman. Now we all do the same chores.