WOMEN as LEADERS for CHANGE Despite comprising more than 50 percent of the population, women continue to lack access to political leadership opportunities and resources at all levels of government. Women’s equal participation in decision-making is not only a demand for simple justice or democracy, but a necessary pre-condition for women’s interests to be taken into account. Governance structures which do not result in the equal participation of men and women, or their equal enjoyment of benefits from state interventions are by definition neither inclusive nor democratic. Recognizing that over the last century women’s gains in the political arena in India has been slow and inadequate & realizing the fact that political parties formulate policy and set governance priorities and are therefore strategically placed to address the concerns of women -- the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sought to make women’s political participation one of its foremost priorities. As AAP fundamentally