SDS is actively involved in the different sectors of development and has following core programs:

• Awareness, Advocacy and Capacity Building (Awareness and advocacy for different social, health issues, political and economic issues, Capacity –Building of gross -root level CBOs)
• Human Rights (women, children, special children, minorities, and socially excluded groups)
• Women Empowerment (Economically, Socially and Politically through Social
• Enhancement of their Skills, Exhibition and Marketing of Handicrafts, Introduction of New Skills and Occupations for Women Particularly Rural Women)
• Primary Healthcare Care and Education (Reproductive Health, Family Planning Counseling, Awareness Regarding Sexually Transmitted Disease, HIV/AIDS)
• Basic Education (Formal, Non-formal, Adult literacy)
• Micro-Enterprise Development (Skill Development, Income Generation)
• Environment and Sanitation (Plantation, Awareness)
• Research and Publications (Conducting Research on Various Issues and Bringing out a Quarterly  Newsletter Auratazad on Women Issues)