Although many women work as borough administrators, in which capacity they run aboutbusily attending to practical admin istrative matters, the borough wardens, who speak as representatives of their boroughs and have the power to decide policy, are overwhelmingly male.
以目前國內最基層的行政單位「里」的組織來說，雖然許多婦女都投身擔任為實際事務忙碌奔走的里幹事，擁有發言及決策權的里長卻多為男性。