Rawshan Ara Begum, wife of Md. Mojibur Rahman, lives in South Moamari village of Dewangonj upazilla under Jamalpur district. She is enlisted in the hard core poor families and attends the monthly advocacy session regularly. She has a five members' family. Her husband is a day laborer and often remains unemployed. So his family sometime spends their days fasting.

When their eldest daughter Marzina Khatun attained the age of marriage, Rawshan Ara Begum decided to arrange her wedding without paying any dowry. She made the decision by realizing the dreadful effects of dowry-system through the advocacy sessions she attended. 

In the meantime, a proposal of marriage for their eldest daughter was initiated with Md. Jalil Mia, son of Abdul Halim Mia, from Kawaneechar village, under Dewangonj upazilla. Though the date of wedding was fixed after discussion among the two sides, suddenly three days before the wedding day, two persons approached Mojibur Rahman saying that no marriage can take place without dowry. As a result, Mazina's wedding could not take place and she became depressed.  

The villagers insulted Abdul Halim Mia for his attitude towards Mojibur and his family. After a few days, Abdul Halim Mia suddenly came to Mojibur and apologized for his deeds and said that, due to his realization about the awful effects of dowry-system and knowing the existing legal positions against it, he has decided that he will not accept any dowry in his son's wedding. Finally, Jalil wed Marzina on July 18, 2005 without taking any dowry. They are thankful to SDF and its partner organizations - Dhaka Ahsania Mission.