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LESSON 22:

WOMEN’S ISSUES IN
DEVELOPMENT
Lesson objectives:
•When you finish reading this chapter you should be able to:

1. Understand fully the principle, model, concept of WID, WAD


and GAP;
2. Distinguish the three(3) (WID, WAD and GAD) from each other;and
3. Determine the importance of these three principles to
national development.
Definition of terms:
• Development- the process in which someone or something grows or
changes and becomes more advanced.
• Women in Development- approach of development projects that emerged In
the 1960s, calling for treatment of women's issues in development projects.
• Woman and Development- approach comes from the perspective that
equality will be essential to improving women's positions, but still frames
change in terms of providing women access to the productive sector.
• Gender and Development- was developed in the 1980s, stepped away
from both WID and WAD and was founded in socialist feminist Ideology
(Rather 1990, 493). The GAD approach holds that the oppression of
women stems largely from a neoliberal focus on improving women's
reproductive and productive capabilities.
Introduction
WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT (WID)
•Approached this issue the exclusion of women from development
program and approaches. WID saw women as a group that lacks
opportunity to its to participate in development.
•The main task, was to improve women’s access to resources and their
participation in development. The WID approach emphasized the importance
of the integration of women into development programs and planning.
Accordingly, this was the best way to improve women's position in society.
WOMAN AND DEVELOPMENT (WAD)
• Adopting the Marxist approach, the main argument of WAD was that women had always
been part of the development processes. WAD asserts that women have always been
important economic actors.
• The main focus of WAD is on the interaction between women and development processes
rather than purely on strategies to integrate women into development.
• WAD saw both women and men as not benefiting from the global economic structures
because of disadvantages due to class and the way wealth is distributed.
GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT(GAD)
• GAD looks at the impact of development on both women and men. It seeks to ensure that
both women and men participate in and benefit equally from development and so,
emphasizes equality of benefit and control. It recognizes that women may be involved in
development, but not necessarily benefit from it.
• GAD is not concerned with women exclusively, but with the way in which gender
relations allot specific roles, responsibilities, and expectations between men and women
often to the detriment of women.
PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN
• THE WELFARE APPROACH- Until the early 1970s, development
programs addressed the needs of women almost entirely within context of their
reproductive roles.
• THE EQUITY APPROACH-The equity approach in contrast to the
welfare approach, saw women as active participants organizing to bring about
necessary changes.
• THE ANTI POVERTY APPROACH-This approach focuses on both the
productive and reproductive role of women with an emphasis on satisfaction
of basic needs and the productivity of women.
• THE EFFICIENCY APPROACH- aims to have increased production and
economic growth with an emphasis on full use of human resources.
THE EMPOWERMENT APPROACH- The aim of
empowerment approach is to increase the self reliance of
women and to influence change at the policy, legislative, societal,
economic and other levels to their advantage. Its main strategy is
awareness raising and situates women firmly as active
participants in ensuring change takes place.

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