Critical discussion of women in development and development approaches. Which of these approaches are most useful in the SA context

Women in Development (WID)

was established in the early 1970s by a Washington-based network of female development professionals who contended that modernization had distinct effects on men and women, and that rather than promoting women's rights and status, the development process actually harmed them. According to the WID approach women should be included in development programs, in order to improve women's status in society. It "gave a voice" to women and put the topic of gender equality to the forefront of the international regime.

Women and Development Approach (WAD)

It asserted that women were already exploitatively involved into the development process. They were more concerned with the interaction between women and development than with integrating women into development. The WAD focused on the social relationships that exist between men and women, with women constantly performing productive and reproductive roles in their cultures.it saw both women and men not benefiting from the global frameworks because of unequal resource allocation, it promoted the idea that patriarchy requires women's reproduction and reproductive functions to be acknowledged for meaningful change

Women in development (WID) is the most useful approach in South Africa because women were oppressed and had no rights during Apartheid, but after the Women's Chatter called for a single society that respects and enforces women's rights, women were included in development, education, and high-paying jobs (Williams, 2019).