Hon CM Eknath Shinde Presides Over Mukkti Foundation Women’s Day Event Lauds Smita Thackeray For Her Tireless Social Contribution
Smita Thackeray’s Mukkti Foundation that has been working relentlessly in areas of drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, women and child welfare as well as art and culture for the last 25 years, organized a Women’s Day celebration honouring women from various fields with Mukkti Veer Nari Awards and Mukkti Women Achiever Awards for Excellence in Social Impact.“At Mukkti, we believe that women empower women, hence we have women who have succeeded in various fields to award other successful people. It is very important to hold hands to progress,” says Smita Thackeray.“We have still a long way to go, as majority of women in India suffer from lack of education, malnutrition, domestic violence, child marriage, child labour, female foeticide, dowry, gender discrimination at home and at workplaces among many othe...
