Sensitize men about the role women actually are playing in daily life. Set up a target group or a women's commission to keep the pressure on what the needs of women are. The best thing is to provide extra seats so men will not feel threatened. Set an aim that within a certain period a x-number of women should have decision making posts. Support this aim with actually training women to be capable of fulfilling such a job.
Women climbing up the ladder meet a lot of barriers.
It is important to have someone they can turn to. For example, an independent women's adviser at a national center. Box M 386 Accra Ghana Hosmer Martens M. and Dr. Swasti Mitter, editors, 1993. Women's participation in trade unions.