Moser Gender Planning Framework

Moser and Levy published A Theory and Method of Gender Planning – Meeting Women's Practical and Strategic Needs as a DPU working paper in 1986.

[5] The framework rests on three basic concepts: the triple role of women, practical and strategic gender needs and categories of WID/GAD policy approaches.

Different categories of WID/GAD policy approach, which may or may not be appropriate, include welfare (top-down handouts), equity, anti-poverty, efficiency and empowerment.

It may give a sense of a stable balance, acceptance of each person's normal activities and rights, when in fact there is ongoing negotiation, conflict and compromise.

For example, the outcome of child care could be achieved by the mother at home, by a communal creche or through paid private or state facilities.

São Paulo favelas. Much of the Moser Gender Planning Framework is focused in improving women's conditions in the Third World.