Exploring the relationship between gender and development, this looks at gender policy and planning practices based on creating gender awareness and negotiation for women's needs at household, civil society, state and global levels.

1. Introduction 2. Gender roles, the family and the household 3. Practical and strategic gender needs and the role of the state 4. Third World policy approaches to women in development 5. Towards gender planning 6. The institutionalization of gender planning 7. Operational procedures for implementing gender policies, programmes and projects 8. Training and strategies for gender planning 9. Towards an emancipation approach