Women’s leadership in municipalities

The disparity in confidence and trust placed in female leaders in municipalities compared to their male counterparts presents a significant impediment towards promoting women’s leadership in municipalities. This gap is manifested in various ways, including biased perceptions, limited support from the voters, and unequal treatment in professional settings that hinders their efforts to create positive change.

The working group ‘Women’s leadership in municipalities’ has identified this topic among three thematic focus topics that also include election campaigning and lobbying strategies, as well as legislative reforms of municipal election laws. The workshop held on the 25^th June aimed at 1) proposing practical ideas and mechanisms to enhance women’s self-confidence to fully achieve their leadership potential, 2) investigating ways to strengthen trust between women and society with regards to assuming decision-making roles and implementing reform programs.