Abstract
The study was conducted through a survey on 108 women representatives elected in the Union Parishad (UP) election of 2003 purposively selected from 36 Unions of Bagerhat District of Bangladesh with an interview schedule. These women representatives mainly came to UP through the provision of reserved seats of Union Parishad Act, 1997. They are not given equal access in project distribution, committee memberships and their opinions in the UP decision making were ignored. The adversarial conditions were manifested by the patriarchal social structure that does not put up with women in the leadership position. The surveyed women representatives suggested that significant political and institutional changes will be required for them to be empowered. To ensure good governance and to remove gender discrimination in local government, more supportive policies and laws have to be incorporated and implemented along with the reservation of seats for women.
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