| Type: | Government Department |
| Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM) | |
| Founded Date: | 1975 |
| Location: | Mumbai, India |
| Area Served: | Maharashtra |
| Focus: | Women Empowerment |
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]