Women in development (WID) contrasted with gender and development (GAD) Table 9 serves to contrast WID and GAD. Table 9: Differences between women in development (WID) and gender and development (GAD) WID GAD • The focus: Women • The focus: Relations between women and men • The problem: The exclusion of women • The problem: Unequal relations that prevent equitable development and the full participation of women and men • The goal: More efficient and more effective development • The goal: Equitable development with women and men sharing decision making and power, opportunities and resources • The solution: Integrate women into existing structures • The solution: Transform unequal relations and structures; empower the disadvantaged and women • The strategies: Women-only projects; increase women’s productivity, income, and ability to manage the household • The strategies: Identify and address practical and strategic needs determined by women and men to improve their condition THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN COMMUNITY HEALING (Brainstorming, discussions and mini lecture) Women are very important to the community healing process for various reasons, including the following: • They constitute about half of every community and the difficult task of community healing must therefore be done by men and women in partnership • Women are the central caretakers of families and everyone is thus affected when they are excluded from community healing processes • Women are advocates for peace, and, as peacekeepers, relief workers and mediators, they can play a central role in community healing. ACTIVITY Mini lecture and discussion of the four pillars that support the goals of UN Resolution 1325, namely: 1. Participation; 2. Prevention; 3. Protection; and 4. Relief and recovery. 80 Community Healing: A training manual for Zimbabwe