Practical gender need

Strategic gender need

is immediate required/demanded during course of action for male and female.

is long term prospective and need for changing role, status/ position and power.

needs are the roles and tasks assigned to men and women on the basis of existing gender defined divisions of labor.

interest stem from the desire to adjust the unequal relationships between men and women in favor of an improvement in the position of women.

The fulfillment of these needs does not clash with this division of labor

Strategic gender interests are connected with increased control over resources and the product they yield

Relate to the condition of daily life‐food, housing, income, healthcare, welfare benefits etc.

Involve the people as agents or enable them to become agents of change

Can address by specific materials inputs: food, health care services, training etc.

Can be address by gender sensitization and empowerment, skill training and political mobilization, empowerment and transfer gender relationship

Can generally be address without changing transitional gender roles and relationships.

Legal rights, increased decision making, increased control over the resource