measures to empower women must also reach out to new generations of women who are expected to play a greater political role as noted by the head of a european cooperation agency greater participation of women in the development of agricultural trade and finance sector policies and stronger participation in designing local economic development policies would help ensure better access for women to production means markets finance and political connections that would help develop their businesses interview for the head of an african regional organisation parity in this area involves the introduction of modules on leadership in school and university courses and an increase in the awareness of opinion leaders on the political role that women can play and the constraints they face interview