All over the world women leadership does not grow automatically, rather it grows with the positive impetus and dynamic process of socio-cultural development of the country. With a traditional socio-economic structure, Bangladesh and West Bengal do not have regular process of political participation of women, which is directly or indirectly linked to patriarchal values and kinship ties. Despite that in the recent days, numbers of women leaders at the grass root level local government have increased remarkably due to some change in the socio-cultural contexts and dimensions. Therefore, it would be very interesting to examine and unearth the dynamics and process of socio-cultural context that have contributed to the development of women leadership in both cases.
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