Gender and Development (GAD)

"I understand the concept of gender to be a system of socially ascribed roles and relationships between men and women, which are determined not by biology but by the social, political and economic context. Gender roles are learned and they can change over time. It is the analysis of these roles and relationships which shows the imbalances in power, wealth and workload between women and men, and it is this analysis which may then lead to the possibilities and necessity of change."

--Jan Seed

What is GAD?

Current & Past Projects

EDDI schools project

2003 ETR Presentation - EDDI Proposal Examples

2003 Calendar

Girl's Internet sites

Big Sister/Little Sister

Girl's Mentering Centers

2003 GAD Activities description in French

Checklist for Building Gender Equity into Project Design and Implementation

International Women's Day Activities

Gender and Development Links

Meet a GMC participant

How to become involved

Counterpart Spotlight

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