Women And Child Development Department

Women Functions

Women and Child Development Department, Government of Maharashtra puts in concentrated efforts in the area of women development to ensure survival, protection, development and participation of Women in a holistic manner. Some of the key objectives of the department in terms of Women Development are (but not limited to):

• Support to victimized, destitute and deprived women for their rehabilitation
• Protection to women who are victims of family and social violence
• Eradicate harmful social practices against women
• Provide skills and competencies to women that shall give them employability
• Develop a women workforce that is more likely to be healthier, have higher earnings and exercise greater decision-making power within the household Skill Development of women to Capacity building of women, encouraging their participation in decision-making
• Implement schemes and policies to increase the Child Sex Ratio