The United Kingdom's WID policies were explicitly outlined in the 1986 booklet "Women in Development and the British Aid Programme" (about to be reissued) and were further specified in the 1988 document "A Strategy for Implementation.of the ODA's Policy on Women and Development" which set WID policy and provided specific guidelines for action in both the bilateral and multilateral areas.
Άλλα σχέδια που χρηματοδοτήθηκαν από κοινού με ΜΚΟ, προσέγγισαν θέματα όπως η σεξουαλική βία, η νομική θέση των γυναικών και οι εκστρατείες ευαισθητοποίησης.