Power through: A new concept in the empowerment discourse
• Current empowerment efforts fail to capture a critical component of empowerment - its relational nature. • Individual's empowerment is constituted through the empowerment of others in significant relationship to them. • The ability of women to empower themselves is mediated through the deliberativ...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Elsevier
2019
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102417 |
| Summary: | • Current empowerment efforts fail to capture a critical component of empowerment - its relational nature. • Individual's empowerment is constituted through the empowerment of others in significant relationship to them. • The ability of women to empower themselves is mediated through the deliberative support of others. • Community judgment of individual alignment with gender norms determines empowerment outcomes in daily realities. • Public adherence to local gender norms creates a safe façade to deviate from the norms. |
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