Mahila Dakshata Samiti (Karnataka)

We are a change enabling NGO committed to empowering women and children in distress to identify and address their problems, work towards there rehabilitation and empowerment, foster the development of social equality, seek justice and accord them their rightful dignity, honor and respect and thereby help to create a humane society.

About Us:

Set up in the year 1976 by Ms Suman Krishankant, (wife of the former Vice President of India), Ms Pramila Dandavate, Ms Mrudula Sinha and Dr Sushila Nayyar, as a support group, in response to the SOS calls from the woman sorority against the dowry scourge which was rampant then, the Mahila Dakshata Samiti has grown and has branches all over India as well as in a few cities abroad. Fired with a mission of eradicating such atrocities, inflicted time and again on women as well as securing equal access to women in all areas of Society, the Karnataka chapter of the Mahila Dakshata Samiti(MDS) with Ms Saranya S Hegde at its helm and a group of like-minded women was constituted in the  year 1991.

Our core principles of Mahila Dakshata Samiti are “Health, Education, Empowerment and Equality”. Ever since our inception we have worked with a zeal unmatched and has been working relentlessly towards providing a better today and a promising tomorrow to the poor, underprivileged and the needy sections of Society.

Today the Samiti has come a long way and has received wide spread acclaim both from the Government, other Organizations as well as International Organizations. It has time and again been in the limelight for spearheading women’s issues with the sole aim of impacting public opinion and creating social consciousness.

Step by step it has proceeded from a humble beginning to becoming one of the most active NGOs in Karnataka.

Mission-Vision-Impact

Mission

The avowed mission of the Mahila Dakshata Samiti is to provide succour to women and children in distress and raise their self – esteem through a four pronged approach of ‘Health, Education, Equality and Empowerment’ thereby enabling them to lead a life of dignity.

Commitment

The Samiti is committed to the establishment of a just and humane society, working untiringly towards improving the lot of women and children to enable them to live a life of dignity and honour.

Vision

To create an egalitarian society where women are treated as equals with the respect and dignity they deserve

Impact

In more than three decades of its existence the organization has powerfully influenced public opinion, public and government policies regarding elevating the status of women and children in India.