Building on the experience in applying women as drivers of change approach and accumulated human and infrastructural capital built in its first Project phase, Strengthening the Role of Local Communities project will continue to place gender equality and the empowerment of women at the centre of its development approach.

This research was conducted within the auspices of the second phase of the Project, with the aim to provide an overview of a landscape of gender equality at the local level in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This research respresents the index of structural gender equality readiness within 41 local governance units (LGUs).

It is hoped that this assessment of gender equality readiness within local governance units will inspire action and lead to design of gender mainstreaming solutions that respond to the needs of the local context and ultimately improve gender equality outcomes in local communities.