In most parts of the world, women lack the basic necessities for the development of a human life. They get a power supply lower than men, have poorer health and they are also more vulnerable to physical violence and sexual abuse. In many countries, women can not participate in political life or have the same rights and freedoms as men. These and other obstacles and hardships prevent women to develop their human capacities-cognitive, emotional, imaginative, to the same extent as men. Martha C. Nussbaum, one of the most innovative voices and influential philosophy of our time, has drawn attention in his work on the need to recognize and understand these and other problems that women face, for the simple fact of being women, most of the world. Women and human development combines classical and contemporary philosophy, economics and law, with the author's personal experience in India. Nussbaum offers a radically new approach on how to understand the "quality of life" and what should be the minimum threshold that governments should ensure their citizens so they can develop their capacities as human beings. Nussbaum aims to provide a scheme of action of universal, applicable wherever a situation of inequality and injustice. For a wide range of readers interested in development policy, political philosophy, gender studies and feminist theory.