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| Founded | 1975 |
|---|---|
| Type | Government Department |
| Focus | Women Empowerment |
| Location | |
Area served | Maharashtra |
| Website | mavimindia |
The Maharashtra Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM) is a government agency dedicated to women's development throughout the Indian state of Maharashtra. [1]
Since its founding in 1975, [2] MAVIM has offered various empowerment programs. MAVIM specifically aimed to empower marginalized women, rural and urban, into self-help groups, where they achieve social, economic and political empowerment. MAVIM acts as the medium between self-help groups, financial institutions and government agencies. MAVIM’s guiding philosophy is to empower women as a means to women’s development. It works to ensure delivery of the government guidelines for nutrition of pregnant women and children. [3]
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