when she started she set herself a target to prove to the male councillors and others that i could deliver during gender links study at the coalface gender in local government she said that she is more confident because of the support offered to her by the multiparty womens caucus mwc and a unique capacity building project that she participated in the gender local government and communications pilot project undertaken with gender links and the university of witwatersrand from october to may also i have learned more about policymaking and implementation and the processes that are involved in coming up with policies