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Sakhi Women's Resource Centre
Verified · checked 13 September 2026
Cross-checked against the organisation's own site and at least one independent source.
- Headquarters
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
- Founded
- 1996
- Registration type
- Charitable trust
- Registered
- 1999
- Tax exemptions
- 80G
- Reach
- 1 state
What they do
Sakhi Women's Resource Centre is a charitable trust in Thiruvananthapuram that works on women's rights through research, training and advocacy. It trains women elected representatives in local self-government bodies (panchayats) on gender budgeting and planning, runs a documentation and resource centre on women's issues, and has worked on post-disaster rehabilitation and violence prevention. It also helps set up gender resource centres and vigilance cells at the village council level.
WomenGovernance
Where they work
Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram
People
- Aleyamma VijayanFounderCoordinator for 14 years from 1996; now a trustee
- Prof. Dr. Neena JosephPresident
Links
Where these facts come from
- sakhikerala.org/about/history-of-sakhi
- sakhikerala.org/about/trustees
- ngosindia.org/kerala-ngos/sakhi-resource-centre-for-women-tr…
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