The women of Nepal are strong, articulate and capable leaders. The constituent Assembly members selected and profiled in this book  demonstrate to all women and men that leadership arises in all segments of society, all backgrounds, regions, ethnicities, castes and political parties.

More Asia Pacific countries than ever before have elected local governments and national parliaments. Despite the progress made in establishing democratic institutions in the Asia Pacifi c, women continue to participate unequally both as voters and as candidates.

In India’s rural e-governance initiative, 33% of local government seats are reserved for women.

Increasingly countries around the world are going the decentralization route.

This report summarizes policy recommendations and strategies discussed at the seminar "Developing gender-sensitive local services". It discusses the importance of developing gender-sensitive services and provides recommendations on how to ensure such services.

This report describes women's participation at local and national levels and social movements and parties securing accountability in contemporary governance.

This publication draws together the experiences and lessons learnt by Central American women working on promoting gender equity in local government.

This report describes lessons learned from the implementation of gender equity policies in some Latin American countries and provides recommendations on how to hold successful advocacy campaigns.