Similarities Betwe Wid and Wad in Development
a) Compare and contrast WID and GAD approaches to the involvement of women in development
The W.I.D approach mainly focuses on women and their lack of participation as the main problem. Women subordination is seen in terms of their exclusion from the market sphere and limited access to and control over resources hence the main goal of the approach is a more and effective development that includes women .Similarly the G.A.D approach talks about woman participation in development though taking note of the social relations between woman and men be it in the work place or in other settings. Moser (1993) argued that G.A.D focuses on the interconnection of gender, class, colonial history, culture and position in the international economic order. Therefore despite varying in their nature they both seek to address the issue of effective, efficient, equitable and sustainable development by women and also men. Tichagwa (1998) argued that the Women in Development theory are an approach giving special attention to women’s needs. Its main aim is to empower women so as to emancipate the condition of women in the society which has been perceived with docetism by the patriarchal society. The W.I.D approach has been established by governments and Non Governmental of separate structures bearing the mandate for women with the result that ‘mainstreaming’ structures have not incorporate women issues and interests. However Since 1980’s, there has been been growing recognition that an analysis of gender relations which deals only with women is not complete and the focus has shifted towards the equal division of labour, power and resources between men and women in societies which claim to offer equal benefits to everyone in a community. Thus women have been empowered through formation of social groups such as Women of Zimbabwe Arise (W.O.Z.A),through these organization women have been empowered to be economic regenerative and improve the countries capital through the informal
The W.I.D approach mainly focuses on women and their lack of participation as the main problem. Women subordination is seen in terms of their exclusion from the market sphere and limited access to and control over resources hence the main goal of the approach is a more and effective development that includes women .Similarly the G.A.D approach talks about woman participation in development though taking note of the social relations between woman and men be it in the work place or in other settings. Moser (1993) argued that G.A.D focuses on the interconnection of gender, class, colonial history, culture and position in the international economic order. Therefore despite varying in their nature they both seek to address the issue of effective, efficient, equitable and sustainable development by women and also men. Tichagwa (1998) argued that the Women in Development theory are an approach giving special attention to women’s needs. Its main aim is to empower women so as to emancipate the condition of women in the society which has been perceived with docetism by the patriarchal society. The W.I.D approach has been established by governments and Non Governmental of separate structures bearing the mandate for women with the result that ‘mainstreaming’ structures have not incorporate women issues and interests. However Since 1980’s, there has been been growing recognition that an analysis of gender relations which deals only with women is not complete and the focus has shifted towards the equal division of labour, power and resources between men and women in societies which claim to offer equal benefits to everyone in a community. Thus women have been empowered through formation of social groups such as Women of Zimbabwe Arise (W.O.Z.A),through these organization women have been empowered to be economic regenerative and improve the countries capital through the informal