Topic > The approach to gender and development: the development of...

In the "Women in Development" approach, subsequently introduced in 1975, particular attention was placed on the relationship between patriarchy and capitalism, based on a neo-Marxist ideology. The “Women and Development” perspective aimed to “explain the relationship between women and the capitalist development process in terms of the material conditions that contributed to their exploitation” (Martinez, 2012). This means that the approach addressed particular socioeconomic structures that shape our capitalist society such as class, mode of production, and the international division of labor driven by the unequal balance of power between core and periphery countries. However, the approach was weak due to a lack of respect for power relations within the family