GPMSA Association is a democratically elected body of thirty one members representing all the Elected Panchayat Women of 189 Village Panchayats and two Zilla Panchayats in the State of Goa having its General Body and Governing Body (State Executive Committee), two District Committees which were notified by the Govt. of Goa in its Official Gazette vide Series No. 42 dated 23rd January 2008. GPMSA has also democratically constituted its eleven Block Committees with the President and the office bearers giving representation to women and youth representatives of Village Panchayats who are geared with the right mindset to take the vision & mission of GPMSA to the new heights focusing on Good Governance & Social Change in the third millennium.
GPMSA Association is also registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as well as Goa Co-operative Societies Act, 2005 with Registration No. 59/Goa/ 2008 dated 21/4/2008.
GPMSA is implementing the Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan (PMEYSA) Scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India through the Department of Panchayati Raj & Community Development, Govt. of Goa as a Nodal Agency.
The State Support Centre (S.S.C) housed at Junta Quarters, Margao – Goa is managed by the Governing Body of GPMSA through its President under the overall Supervision and Guidance of the Nodal Officer, presently with a single clerk.
GPMSA is successfully conducting sensitization and capacity building sammelans, orientations, workshops, conferences, camps, drives, Gram Sabha mobilization campaigns, quizzes, contests, exhibitions, street plays, festivals & local – national – international events/days, felicitation ceremonies etc. at the State, District, Block and Village level for empowering the Elected Women Representatives, Elected Youth Representatives including marginalized sections of the Societies in collaboration with the Govt. Organizations, N.G.Os, S.H.Gs, C.B.Os , V.Os and other Rural Agencies and Individuals with voluntary support of print and electronic media and other local and national networking institutions .
