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Nashik's Dr Ashwini Boraste Empowers Women Through Self-Help Groups
In the city of Nashik in India, there is a doctor named Ashwini Boraste.
For 25 years, she has been helping women become stronger and more independent.
She helps women join groups where they can save money together.
These groups also teach women how to start their own small businesses.
More than 35,000 women have been helped by her work.
The women learn about saving, banking, and planning their money.
Dr Boraste also organizes fairs where women can sell the things they make.
She has won more than 91 awards for her work.
She even traveled to the United States to learn new ideas and show products made by Indian women.
She believes that when a woman earns her own money, her whole family and society become better.
Dr Ashwini Ashok Boraste has spent 25 years leading a women's empowerment movement in Nashik.
Her organizations have financially empowered more than 35,000 women.
She provides training in entrepreneurship, business development, savings, credit management, financial planning, banking and self-employment.
She has received more than 91 awards and honours for her contribution.
A recent United States study tour let her study women-led entrepreneurship and showcase Indian self-help group products internationally.
- Who
- Dr Ashwini Ashok Boraste, a Nashik-based leader of women's empowerment and social development
- What
- A 25-year mission to empower women through self-help groups, cooperatives, entrepreneurship training and marketing platforms
- Where
- Nashik, India, with international outreach including the United States
- When
- Over the past 25 years, including a recent study tour of the United States
- Why
- To bring dignity, confidence and self-reliance to women and enable them to become financially independent
Key facts
- Person
- Dr Ashwini Ashok Boraste
- Location
- Nashik, India
- Duration of mission
- 25 years
- Women financially empowered
- More than 35,000
- Awards and honours
- More than 91
- Key organizations
- Nashik District Women's and Self-Help Group Development Cooperative Credit Society; Jijau Women's Charitable Organisation
- Training areas
- Entrepreneurship, business development, savings, credit management, financial planning, banking, self-employment
- Recent activity
- US study tour on women-led entrepreneurship and showcasing Indian self-help group products
Quotes
Dr Ashwini Ashok Boraste
Nashik-based women's empowerment activist
“"Dr Boraste is an inspiring leader who has consistently worked for women's empowerment and social development. Through self‑help groups, she has guided thousands of women towards economic self‑reliance. Her efforts to nurture leadership, confidence and entrepreneurship among women are truly commendable."”
freepressjournal.in
“"The greatest reward for me is seeing the confidence and satisfaction of self‑reliance on a woman's face."”
freepressjournal.in
Sources
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