these women have established families with reduced family responsibilities wide experience a loyal constituency and are financially stable these women can also be mentored by other women in political authority appointing women leaders into positions of authority has proved effective in many commonwealth countries redrawing of voting districts research has shown women win more open seats new constituencies than wellestablished constituencies the creation of new districts or local councils can be drawn based on increased population involving male champions practically it is important to partner with men who have longstanding control of power and sensitise them to understand gender equity equality and mainstreaming