Maharashtra State Women’s Council, a non-governmental organisation has over 14 projects, self created agencies and groups through which it seeks to achieve its objectives. The projects vary considerably in content and the people they target. They range from full-fledged residential institutions for destitute women and children to special programmes for the physically challenged and aged.

The Council’s administrative headquarters are in the Town Hall, in south Mumbai.

The Council fulfills diverse social and medical needs of marginalised women and children through rescue, rehabilitation and restoration. The Council manages several projects all focused on meeting these ends. Each project devised by the Council also finds a unique way of doing this. Each damaged individual is treated with love and care to restore her confidence and dignity. For those not needing rescue, there is still enrichment to be obtained. The Council embarks on a journey with each individual who needs urgent assistance. A woman is helped through the most vulnerable stages of her life to emerge as a confident individual ready to take on the challenges of society; every child is nurtured and loved through its formative years, laying the foundation to making him or her, a happy, well-adjusted individual, every senior is provided shelter and a welcoming environment in the evening of their lives. Besides rescue and providing shelter, the ultimate aim is to return these women and children back to society trained in different vocational skills to earn their livelihood and live with dignity.  

The Council’s efforts have over the years been recognized through awards and laurels continue come its way.  But the Council’s work is never finished. While its role continues to evolve with the changing context within which it operates, the Council is committed to continue its unstinting efforts until social conditions for women and children are bettered, and to keep reinventing itself to meet the challenges modern society keeps throwing at it..

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