FLC: The Local Councils are Ours: TADWEIN Tackling governance leadership and political participation from a gender transforming perspective involves considering women as responsible individuals capable of taking decisions and indispensable for their societys democratization processes. Full equalit
y between men and women in all aspects of life cannot be achieved if equality between men and women is not achieved in the area of governance and political representation. Women have been constrained from entering local level politics by the lack of financ
es time constraints needed to manage domestic responsibilities or because of social pressure as husbands and families are reluctant to see their women occupying public spaces and especially political arena which is widely perceived as dirty and not a place
 for decent women.  Article 180 of the current Egyptian constitution offers a tremendous opportunity for women to be members of LPCs by securing 13500 seats for women. Potentially womens representation will exceed set quota as female candidates can be iden
tified under the 25% of youth.  This is considered a huge step knowing that only 2335 women were elected in the 2008 LPC totalling 4.4% of the total local council members.Tadweins proposed concept follows the journey of selection orienting training and coa
ching of women to take an effective role in national council and will be documented for future reference and guidance. It will enable women to project a clear and informed voice by defining the outlines of political participation beyond its classical defin
ition and integrating it with a gender transforming perspective.  Women both individually and collectively become aware of the power relations operating in their lives thus building trust among themselves and acquiring the necessary strength to change gend
er inequalities in all areas. Tackling governance leadership and political participation from a gender transforming perspective involves considering women as responsible individuals capable of taking decisions and indispensable for their society?s democratization processes. Full equali
ty between men and women in all aspects of life cannot be achieved if equality between men and women is not achieved in the area of governance and political representation. Women have been constrained from entering local level politics by the lack of finan
ces time constraints needed to manage domestic responsibilities or because of social pressure as husbands and families are reluctant to see their ?women? occupying public spaces and especially political arena which is widely perceived as ?dirty? and not a 
place for decent women.  Article 180 of the current Egyptian constitution offers a tremendous opportunity for women to be members of LPCs by securing 13500 seats for women. Potentially women?s representation will exceed set quota as female candidates can b
e identified under the 25% of youth.  This is considered a huge step knowing that only 2335 women were elected in the 2008 LPC totalling 4.4% of the total local council members.Tadwein?s proposed concept follows the journey of selection orienting training 
and coaching of women to take an effective role in national council and will be documented for future reference and guidance. It will enable women to project a clear and informed voice by defining the outlines of political participation beyond its classica
l definition and integrating it with a gender transforming perspective.  Women both individually and collectively become aware of the power relations operating in their lives thus building trust among themselves and acquiring the necessary strength to chan
ge gender inequalities in all areas.