Gender planning is an approach to development planning that recognizes that women and men often have different needs, opportunities, responsibilities, and access to resources. It helps policymakers understand how social, economic, cultural, and institutional structures create gender inequalities and then design policies to address them. Rather than assuming that a general policy will benefit everyone equally, gender planning examines the different impacts of policies on different genders and ensures that development interventions promote equality and justice. Gender planning begins with a gender-sensitive analysis of existing conditions. It identifies differences in access to education, healthcare, employment, income, land, credit, technology, and political participation. For example, in many rural areas, women contribute significantly to agriculture but may not own land or have access to institutional credit. If agricultural policies focus only on landowners, women farmers may remain excluded. Gender planning therefore highlights such inequalities and encourages policymakers to introduce measures such as joint land titles, women-friendly credit schemes, agricultural training, and support for women’s producer groups. Another important contribution of gender planning is that it makes women's unpaid and care work visible. Women often spend considerable time performing household activities, childcare, and caring for elderly or sick