Gender Resource Center (GRC)

The Gender Resource Centre (GRC) of Chengalayi Grama Panchayat is a panchayat-level committee working to ensure the safety of women and children, necessary legal support, social empowerment, vocational training, and mental health protection.

​(1) Prepare the Grama Panchayat's Women Component Plan (WCP) on a sound and rational basis

    and ensure that it is effectively implemented.

​(2) Organize the activities and undertake the necessary interventions required

     to improve the social status of women in the area.

(3) Understand the status and position of transgender/intersex  

    persons residing within the local body's jurisdiction and undertake

    activities and interventions to improve them.

​(4) Undertake interventions to make local self-government institutions and component institutions

    gender-friendly.

(5) Conduct a gender status/women's status study.

(6) Provide support for training, awareness, counseling, etc., required for the activities of the Vigilance Committee.

​(7) Provide expertise, support, coordination, training, etc., for all gender-related activities

    within the jurisdiction of the local self-government institution.