Moser Gender Planning Framework

The Moser Gender Planning Framework, developed by Caroline Moser at the Development Planning Unit in London in the late 1980s, treats gender planning as a distinct planning discipline in its own right and as an inherently political activity. Built on three core concepts — the triple role of women (productive, reproductive, and community-managing work), the distinction between practical and strategic gender needs, and a policy matrix charting Women in Development and Gender and Development approaches — it aims not merely to make women visible but to emancipate them from subordination and transform unequal gender relations.