Women, Gender and Development: The Evolution of Theories and Practice

Strengthening people’s capacity to determine their own priorities and to act on them is the basis of gender-equity based development. International and national policy concerns regarding the im-portant role women play in development has not necessarily been translated into practice. This article seeks to address this gap by examining various approaches of women and development, fol-lowed by the gender-based approach in development. Finally, the article identifies issues and concerns to be addressed in developmental programmes from the gender perspective