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Women’s Needs and Role

in Development
• Understanding the needs /interests
and role of women is important in term
of
addressing their development
• Needs of women: Basically two types
of needs are identified
1) Practical Needs :
These are the needs which are
important for fulfilling the social roles.
The
practical needs meet essentially many
basic and daily needs of livelihood like
access to water, food, fuel health,
housing etc.
Basic needs improve women's
conditions. Meeting basic needs do not
have any
major confrontation in relation to men
2) Strategic Needs: These are needs
which change the position and status of
women. They require reallocation of
power and resources in relation to men.
Ownership and control of land and
assets, Education, Seeking employment,
Political representation are some of the
strategic needs of women. Role of
Women
• Child Bearing
• Child Care and Family Care; Domestic
Work
Reproductive Role
• Domestic Work
• Farm and Nonfarm work
Productive Role
• Participation in Social
Functions/Events
• Participation in
Groups/Association/Politics
Community Role Approaches
to Gender Equality and
Women’s
Development
• Varied Approaches have been followed
in the last few decades towards
improving the condition and status of
women and bring about gender equality
1. Welfarist and Poverty Alleviation:
- Since 1950s to meet the basic needs of
women like food , water; and ensure
income and employment generation
through subsidies.
2. Women in Development (WID)
- Involve women in Development
process
- Implement project and polices which
encourage women's participation3.
Human Rights and Rights based
Approach (UN, 1987):
- Development is a Universal Human
right of both women and men
- Rights are justiciable or enforceable
4. Empowerment Approach :
- Empowerment is a way of improving
the position and status of women
- Requires radical approach to meet both
practical & strategic needs of women
5. Agency and Human Development
Approach:
- Agency is about women becoming the
agents of change for own or others.
- Women’s capabilities/opportunities are
increased to ensure freedom to shape
their own destiny ; They are not to be
treated as passive recipients

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