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Women Development Unit

From Survival to Stability

We don’t just teach skills; we remove the barriers that hold women back. Through vocational mastery, psychological intervention and holistic care, we drive social change- guiding marginalized women out of survival mode and into true economic independence. WDU is a proud Recipient of:

  • Kusumtai Chaudhary Mukti Award (2005)
  • Kranti Jyoti Savitribai Phule Award (2017-18)

The Impact

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Flagship

Programmes

Senior Citizens’ Wellness

Healthy Aging: Yoga sessions and regular health screenings.
Active Engagement: Cultural celebrations and social programmes to ensure emotional well-being.

Children and
Youth Empowerment

Foundational Care: Crèches and balwadis provide daycare for children (0–6), preparing them for formal schooling.
Leadership Development: Life skills training, leadership camps and academic support for adolescents.

Community Outreach

Wide Reach: Active across 1,000+ low-income locations in MMR and Navi Mumbai.
Holistic Awareness: Engagements in health, hygiene, gender rights, environment and financial literacy.

Self-Help Groups (SHGs)

Financial Inclusion: Providing access to savings, microcredit and professional entrepreneurship training.
Mass Impact: Currently benefiting thousands of women by fostering financial independence.

Nursing Care

Clinical and home-care training for hospitals and communities.
Focus on preventive health and specialized geriatric care.

Vocational Skills

Diverse Trades: Expert-led courses in tailoring, beautician work, mehendi and bag-making.
Entrepreneurship: Enabling women to enter the job market or gain self-employment through trade mastery.

Foundation

Support

Bakery, Cookery & Confectionery Course

A one-year training programme offering opportunities in the hotel industry and home-based business ventures.

Communication and Administrative Skills Programme(Y-CASP)

This flagship initiative provides job-readiness training and placement support for semi-skilled women. It focuses on bridging the skill gap to ensure graduates are prepared for modern employment.

Bridging

Crisis and Stability

True economic empowerment requires a foundation of mental well-being and physical safety. Aasra operates as the dedicated psychological and crisis intervention wing of the Women’s Development Unit (WDU), ensuring no individual falls through the cracks.

Targeted Counselling

Providing a secure, non-judgmental environment for individual, youth and family counselling to professionally manage trauma, depression and conflict.

Crisis & Justice Referrals

Delivering immediate, structured support for survivors of domestic violence, complete with direct institutional linkages to legal aid, human rights NGOs and Government Hospitals for forensic and clinical care.

Community Advocacy

Taking preventative education directly into the grassroots to teach violence prevention, reproductive hygiene and fundamental child protection rights before crises occur.

Activites

For all ages