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Shakti Community Council

Shakti Community Council Inc., formerly known as the Shakti Migrant Services Trust has its origins in The Shakti Asian Women’s Support Group founded by Farida Sultana and 7 other ethnic women in Auckland in 1995. The support group was set up by ethnic women for ethnic women to overcome the barriers that come with migration and the intergenerational bonds of cultural oppression. Besides enrolling themselves in Life Skills programmes and learning to become self-reliant, these women sought to challenge the cultural acceptance of domestic violence within their communities, promote greater gender equity and bring about social change. Shakti Community Council Inc. is approved by the Department of Child, Youth & Family (CYF). As a national umbrella organisation and holds various government funding contracts. Some of the member organisations are individually CYF-approved as well. CYF approval ensures Implementation of best-practice standards in social services.