For years, in his community, child marriage was considered a tradition.
Then came a woman who decided to say enough.
His name is Theresa Kachindamoto and is a traditional leader of Malawi.
When he assumed his role, he chose to use the authority that had been entrusted to her not to preserve the old habits, but to protect the girls.
Over the years he has helped cancel thousands of marriages involving minors, allowing so many girls to return to school benches and to take their future in their hands.
For Theresa, childhood should not be interrupted by a wedding.
It should be a time dedicated to growth, study and the possibility to freely choose your life.
In addition to contrasting early marriages, she works with local communities to question practices that she believes harmful to children and women's rights, trying to promote a change that starts from within the same traditions.
Its history shows that true change does not always arise from the great institutions.
Sometimes it begins when a person decides to use their role to voice to those who, too often, do not have one.