Low levels of participation and representation of women in leadership structures (at all levels) translates into disregard for women’s issues, which never get properly articulated, don’t become the subject of public dialogue and thus do not become priorities on the leadership agendas. At the village level each village has some women leaders who are part of the leadership structure, but still reporting to male village heads. At the sub-district and district level, leadership positions are also primarily occupied by men. The project directly will strive to unearth precisely these issues of leadership structures.