title: Maharashtra Arthik Vikas Mahamandal
text: # Maharashtra Arthik Vikas Mahamandal
  
  The Maharashtra Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM) is a government agency dedicated to women's development throughout the Indian state of Maharashtra.
  
  ## Programs
  
  Since its founding in 1975, 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.
  
  ## Published works
  
  * Supervision report :Tejaswini: Maharashtra Rural Women’s Empowerment Programme by IFAD
  * A Study of Quality and Sustainability SHGs Promoted By Government Organizations by International Journal of Engineering Technology Science and Research IJETSR
  * Krishnaraj, Maithreyi (1997-11-01). "Gender Issues in Disaster Management: The Latur Earthquake". Gender, Technology and Development. 1 (3): 395–411. doi:10.1177/097185249700100304. ISSN 0971-8524.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 2015 Gender Award for Tejaswini Maharashtra Rural Women Empowerment Program , India
  