The purpose of this paper is to
outline the thinking, ideas and
international agreements reached on
women’s development. This paper
is for the use by development
educators in their education work. It
also provides concise descriptions of
the issues to guide thinking on
women’s development. The paper
seeks to bridge the gap between the
theoretical ‘models’ of women’s
development and the reality of
women’s lives in Zambia and other
African countries.
The paper looks at the differences
between the terms ‘women’ and
‘gender’ and their meaning for
women’s development.