On Sunday  22 July 2007 Cameroonians will be going to the polls in what has been called twin elections- Parliamentary and municipal election. Campaigns are heightening within political party rungs for the 180 seats at the legislative house and several other local council seats. It is worth noting that Cameroon is a multiparty democratic country with almost  170 political parties  which saw their light in early 90. Out of this number of legalised parties only 7 ( CPDM, NUDP, SDF, UPC,  MLDC,  MDR  CDU) currently have Parliamentary seats at the legislative house of Assembly. There are currently close to 180 Parliamentarians. In the past the number of women in the Legislative House of Assembly and in the other portfolios have been greatly underrepresented. Out of 180 Parliamentary seats in the previous Parliament,  we could barely count barely count a handful of less than 30 women. From six universities, we have one female Rector. Of the number of Divisional officers there is only one woman and, less than ten women from 65 ministerial positions. The number of women occupying important positions in the rungs of political leadership is so insignificant, despite their strengths and numerical power. This could result from the general mistrust the national political system has for women. This year again, while other parties made strides to ameliorate the representation rate of women within the parties – through internal arrangements – others remained so adamant and consecutive. As elections draw near, women have been mobilized to come out massively for women since this group make majority of the population. Although the representation of women at party level has improved, it remains a big question whether the society will be able to entrust their votes to the women. The fear is that at election time, the number of women actually voted may slim down despite party interest. Several Women movements, NGOs and Associations have tried to develop strategies to build the interest of women first to get involve in peacebuiding governance and to trigger their interest in political leadership. Such has been the case with More Women in Politics which has been a national effort to promote women involvement in leadership. Kwachu Justine of Women in Alternative Action, a vibrant local NGO that give alternative solutions to women empowerment and capacity building has said that with such a move, one can hope to develop a two way traffick sign for women- ushering them to gain access to important portfolios that can enhance impressive pressure on the changes they may want to see and as well ushering women to understand the necessity of releasing their votes on behalf of the women. “The absence of women in powerful structured sectors in one way threatens the democratic system as a whole. As a result, there is need to build confidence of the woman in the woman so that they can be representatives of their own numerical strength, firstly we need to  improve their interest in political participation and then get out their votes for the women” she has said.  WAA Carries campaigns  to reawaken the consciousness of women to participate in the political process.Two main ways of tackling the problem are foreseen:-·        Creating an informed womanhood·        Developing their synergic power to build together. What ever results these efforts may give, we are beginning to see that women can use their majority roles to change what they actually want to see changed.