Difference between Women in development and Gender and Development
Characteristics |
Women in development (WID) |
Gender and development (GAD) |
|
Practical needs Increase ability Changes the condition of women Improve women’s participation |
Strategic interests / needs Increase Empowerment Changes the position of women Incorporate gender into mainstream |
The Approach |
An approach that seeks to integrate women into the development |
Empower women and transform unequal relation between women and man. |
The Focus |
Women |
Social relations between men and women |
The Problem |
Deal with exclusion of women from the development process |
Deal with unequal relations of power between women and man |
The Goal |
More efficient, effective participation |
Equitable, sustainable development with women and men as decision makers |
The Solution |
Integrate women into the existing development process |
Empower disadvantaged women and transform unequal relations |
Strategies |
Women projects Women component Women productivity Women ability |
Women and man short term strategies Women and man long term strategies |