The Women-in-Development (WID) and Women-and-Development (WAD) approaches are two important perspectives in the field of Gender and Development Learning Processes. Both approaches emerged to address women's marginalization in development, but they differ significantly in their assumptions, objectives, and strategies. While the WID approach focuses on integrating women into existing development processes, the WAD approach emphasizes the relationship between women and development, arguing that women have always been active participants in development but have not received equal recognition or benefits. The Women-in-Development (WID) approach emerged during the early 1970s following the publication of Ester Boserup's influential work, *Women's Role in Economic Development*. Boserup argued that modernization and development policies often ignored women's contributions, leading to increased inequality. The WID approach was influenced by liberal feminist thought, which advocated equal opportunities for women within existing social, political, and economic systems. According to this approach, women's exclusion from development was the result of discriminatory policies rather than flaws within the development model itself. The primary objective of WID is to integrate women into mainstream development activities. It promotes women's access to education, employment, training, credit, healthcare, and technology so that they can participate more effectively in economic growth. WID encourages governments and development agencies to create programmes specifically targeted at women, such as income-generation schemes, vocational training, literacy