'Traditional efforts to tackle gender-based violence against women have concentrated on empowering women or handing out punishment to the perpetrators. This approach however insulates men from the process of transformation and furthers the gender divide'. 'Men Against Violence and Abuse - MAVA is a Mumbai based NGO, which for the past 27 years have been engaging Boys and Men to address issues of gender inequality and discrimination and help stop prevent gender-based violence against women'. This is their story.