Mahila Development Centre (MDC)

History

Established in 1990, Mahila Development Centre is a community-based initiative of women in prostitution in the Chatarbhuj Asthan red light area of Muzaffarpur. Some women in prostitution decided to start this organization with the aim to end their own exploitation and prevent their sisters from being exploited through sex trafficking. 

Mission

To empower women of poor families and rehabilitate commercial sex workers and their children