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ACTIVITIES
> FAMILY COUNSELLING CENTRES
The first counseling center for distressed women was established in 1985. At present SMS has 10 counseling centers for distressed women in 7 districts of Maharashtra. OBJECTIVES
To mitigate and prevent:
Domestic violence
Societal violence
State violence
• To develop ideological explanation, interpretations and proper perspective on the issue of violence.
• To help individual victims in their personal problems.
• To advocate self-reliance among women and to create a feeling of sisterhood among women.
• To lend support to other women's organizations doing similar work.
• To advocate and practice social intervention in grave cases of beating and harassment of women and children.
• To give vocational guidance and procure employment for needy women if possible.
• To refer the cases of temporary shelter to other organizations having the facility of shelter.
• To work towards empowerment of women.
• To train activists in counseling skills.
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