{"id":562,"date":"2022-12-16T06:52:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T06:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efficienza.in\/peacemaker\/Staging\/?page_id=562"},"modified":"2023-04-29T05:42:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T05:42:59","slug":"shravanis-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/our-impact\/our-stories\/shravanis-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Shravanis Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"562\" class=\"elementor elementor-562\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-afc0c29 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"afc0c29\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-167b5c8\" data-id=\"167b5c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f61aa49 elementor-align-center elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"f61aa49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/our-impact\/our-stories\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">OUR STORIES<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bcfbc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bcfbc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shravani\u2019s story<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d591b86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d591b86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nShravani says that her husband chose her for her weakness because he knew he could abuse her. Now she inspires other women to \u201ctake courage\u201d!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d557b81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d557b81\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21bc67c\" data-id=\"21bc67c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d413e59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d413e59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I am calling myself Shravani. Shravani means \u201cnew beginnings\u201d, and that is what I feel defines my story after finding Operation PeaceMaker. I have been given a new beginning after 9 years of hopelessness.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0ebbe4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0ebbe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The story of my new beginning started the moment I really thought I reached my end. I thought there was no way out of the abuse I had faced for 9 years, and that there was definitely no place for me in this world. I grew up with loving parents, but I never knew my life meant something.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d45a89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d45a89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My parents are old now, and poor, but they are still generously involved in our community. They try to help others whenever they can. My father was always very doting, taking me anywhere I needed to go on his scooter and looking after my needs. I was very sheltered. They are good people, but they raised me to be very shy and to look at a woman\u2019s life as something handed to her that she must just accept.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c796b3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c796b3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">As a woman, I thought I must accept my lot in life. Whatever happens, just accept it quietly. Moreover, as a woman who has no brothers, who has two mentally challenged sisters and who suffers a physical disability from polio myself, I thought I should never question what I\u2019m given. So when a man came to ask my parents for my hand in marriage, we all celebrated that anyone would want to marry me! Then I realized why. He had strategically chosen me because he knew I was the type who would never stand up for myself, and he wanted someone who was easy to control.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbbefc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bbbefc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the first day of marriage I faced physical, emotional and economic abuse. He knew I was shy. I was afraid of society; too afraid to even walk alone on a public sidewalk. He made me terrified to step out of the house. He would tell me that I was built provocatively and I was especially likely to get harassed and taunted by strangers. There was nothing I could do. Nothing to change myself to stay safe. So I stayed at home, under his thumb.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59bf232 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59bf232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I had a lot of patience, but I reached my breaking point after 9 years of fear, shame and pain. I decided to exit by leaving this life. I bought insect poison and resolved to take my own life and that of my children. Who would want the children of a worthless woman? I knew I couldn\u2019t leave them in my husband\u2019s care, and if I wasn\u2019t there for them then no one would be. I tried taking my own life three times within a few months, but the poison wasn\u2019t strong enough.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa27a6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa27a6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">That\u2019s when I met a PeaceMaker and came to Operation PeaceMaker for counseling with Pearl at the Red Hills Counseling Centre. I can\u2019t forget the impact of Pearl telling me that my life, as a woman, mattered. She took a Rs.100 note, crumpled it then asked me how much it was worth. I told her it was still worth Rs.100. I got it! Even though I had been crumpled for 9 years by abuse and violence, my life\u2019s value still hadn\u2019t changed. That is the moment I decided I was going to do something. For the first time in my life I felt that I could do something, and I decided never to entertain the word suicide in my life!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed45b31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed45b31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I went home and told my husband he had to stop treating me like my life didn\u2019t matter. I stood up to him. He threatened to leave me, and when I did not back down he packed his bags and left for his sister\u2019s house. But his sister refused to let him stay with her. It made him furious to think he could be shelterless, and challenged by women! So he went to the train tracks and called me from there to threaten ending his life. I told him \u201cThank you for living these 9 years with me. I will thank God for crossing our paths and consider this the time up on us being together\u201d, and I hung up. He came back home defeated. What could he do? He knew I had help from Operation PeaceMaker if I needed it.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcaa94c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcaa94c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">He chose me for my weakness, and never expected that I could be strong. The trust is, he is a weak man. He never thought I would stand up to him. When I decided that was not an option, that I will live, and I will fight for a better future for my children, there was just nothing he could do about it. He thought he was being masculine by being controlling and abusive. He is too proud to come in for counseling with Pearl, but I hope he will some day. There is no abuse in my life any more, I am going out of the house to work, and my husband has started to provide a little for our children, but there is a long way to go before I am satisfied.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1d46be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1d46be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2S4C6979-2000x1100-1-1024x563.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-564\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2S4C6979-2000x1100-1-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2S4C6979-2000x1100-1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2S4C6979-2000x1100-1-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2S4C6979-2000x1100-1-1536x845.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2S4C6979-2000x1100-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ba5e4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ba5e4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My family has changed since I found help, and they have been a witness to the change in me. I am training my children to be courageous and assertive. Now if my husband and I argue behind closed doors, it will take my daughter and son maximum 30 minutes to come knock on the door. They will knock relentlessly until we let them in, and they will tell my husband to treat me well. The abuse my sister faces is even worse than what I went through, but she hasn\u2019t gotten any help yet. I plan to get her into counseling as soon as possible.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7190be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7190be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4109869\" data-id=\"4109869\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd76fd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd76fd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I want to tell every person reading my story, \u201cTAKE COURAGE!\u201d In Telugu the word is <i>dhairyam. <\/i>I may cry when telling my story, but they are tears of joy!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da3a8a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da3a8a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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