Hermeneutics is an important methodological approach used in gender and development studies to understand meanings, interpretations, experiences, and social realities. It is primarily concerned with the interpretation of texts, symbols, cultural practices, narratives, and human experiences. In research methodologies, hermeneutics goes beyond the simple explanation of facts and focuses on understanding how individuals and communities create meanings within specific social, historical, and cultural contexts. The roots of hermeneutics can be traced to the interpretation of religious and philosophical texts, but it has expanded into social sciences and humanities. In gender and development studies, hermeneutics is used to examine how gender roles, identities, inequalities, and power relations are constructed and represented through language, traditions, institutions, and everyday practices. It helps researchers understand the lived experiences of women, men, and marginalized gender groups by analyzing their narratives and perspectives. A central idea of hermeneutics is that human experiences cannot be understood separately from their social and cultural contexts. Gender researchers use this approach to interpret