To build capacity of poor and disadvantaged women in order that they are enabled to cross all social and economic barriers, and thereby facilitate their full development into empowered citizens;
	To reach out to 35 lakh BPL families in TamilNadu with focus on SC/ST, widows, physically handicapped and destitute for social, economic and political empowerment.
	To achieve the equality of status of poor women as participants, decision makers and beneficiaries in the democratic, economic, social and cultural spheres of life;
	To create or reorient democratic, economic and social processes and institutions to enable poor women to participate fully and actively in decision-making in the family and community, and at the local, district, state and national levels;
	To empower women to work together with men as equal partners and to inspire a new generation of women and men to work together for equality, sustainable development, and communal harmony;
	To promote and ensure the human rights of women at all stages of their life cycle.
	To advocate changes in government policies and programmes in favor of disadvantaged women.

VISION

The SHG movement with nearly 59 lakh women as members has grown from strength to strength over the years bringing about substantial social change. It would be the endeavour of the Corporation to extend the benefits of the SHG approach to the uncovered areas of the state and uncovered sections of society. The immediate goal of TNCDW is to ensure that all poor women particularly widows, destitutes and marginalised are included in SHGs in the next three years.

TNCDW has been very successful in bringing about social empowerment of women which has not fully translated into economic empowerment. The Corporation will strive to promote more economic activities among SHG women by converging Mahalir Thittam and SGSY implementation.

Strengthening the Federations of Self help groups is the key to achieving sustainability in the long run. TNCDW’s vision is to build strong and self reliant SHG federations at the Village Panchayat, Block and district levels throughout the State.