When we noticed that women did not pick up nomination forms for party primary elections because of the high cost, we decided to encourage women by asking them to pick up nomination forms FREE of charge. Many women who could never have afforded to buy forms came forward and many of them won the primary elections. Secondly, we made a policy that where there is a tie between a woman and a man, the woman will get the ticket and where the male winner did not score 50% of the votes cast, the woman who had the next highest vote got the ticket without a re-run. Thirdly we took a close look at our party constitution and made amendments to the constitution that brought in more women into the party structures. For example, there were no women on our Board of Trustees so the amendment brought in twelve women to represent women from the six geo-political zones of the country; admit 37 State Woman Leaders as members of the national convention; admit the National woman Leader as a member of the National Caucus and many other small but significant changes that brought in more women. There is no women branch or wing of the party but there is a women's standing committee where women meet with the Woman Leader to discuss their issues and strategise on how to make women more relevant within the party. During my tenure we organised many capacity building seminars and workshops. Women were trained by experts on how to campaign, raise funds, engage the media and skill acquisition so that they can economically empower themselves. We are still advocating for 35% quota to be reserved for women. The principle of Affirmative Action is a concept that has not caught on because people do not understand it so they fear it and dub it 'reversed discrimination.' Best regards, Josephine Anenih Former Chairwoman of the Federation of Women Lawyers and the first National Woman Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria.