ENEqual participation of women in politics and decision-making is one of the most important issues for the contemporary democracy process. The aim of this article is to reveal the features of women’s political representation in local self-government in the context of neoliberal post-socialist country. The aim was achieved by revealing the situation of women’s political representation in local elections in Lithuania and providing the evidences from interviews with women-mayors (mayoress), what allowed to identify the stimulus, barriers and the main opportunities for women’s political representation in local self-government in Lithuania. Keywords: women’s political representation; mayor (mayoress); power perspective; local self-government; municipality; neoliberalism. [From the publication]