Through com­par­a­tive case stud­ies, the study maps for­mal plan­ning pro­ce­dures and com­mu­nity-led ini­tia­tives. It eval­u­ates inclu­sion bar­ri­ers, gen­der dynam­ics, and power asym­me­tries, and for­mu­lates rec­om­men­da­tions for con­text-sen­si­tive par­tic­i­pa­tion strate­gies in Mus­lim-major­ity societies.