What is Empowerment?
Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic
strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered
developing confidence in their own capacities.
Empowerment is the process of increasing the capacity of individuals or
groups to make choices and to transform those choices into desired actions
and outcomes.
Central to this process are actions which both build individual and
collective assets, and improve the efficiency and fairness of the
organizational and institutional context which govern the use of these
assets.
Empowered people have freedom of choice and action. This in turn enables
them to better influence the course of their lives and the decisions which
affect them. In essence empowerment speaks to self determined change. It
implies bringing together the supply and demand sides of development –
changing the environment within which poor people live and helping them
build and capitalize on their own attributes.
Empowerment is a cross-cutting issue. From education and health care to
governance and economic policy, activities which seek to empower
underserved individuals and communities are expected to increase
development opportunities, enhance development outcomes and improve
people's quality of life. (Adapted Definition From Wikipedia and WorldBank.org)
EMPOWERMENT
To increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of
individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered
developing confidence in their own capacities.
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strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered
developing confidence in their own capacities.
Empowerment is the process of increasing the capacity of individuals or
groups to make choices and to transform those choices into desired actions
and outcomes.
Central to this process are actions which both build individual and
collective assets, and improve the efficiency and fairness of the
organizational and institutional context which govern the use of these
assets.
Empowered people have freedom of choice and action. This in turn enables
them to better influence the course of their lives and the decisions which
affect them. In essence empowerment speaks to self determined change. It
implies bringing together the supply and demand sides of development –
changing the environment within which poor people live and helping them
build and capitalize on their own attributes.
Empowerment is a cross-cutting issue. From education and health care to
governance and economic policy, activities which seek to empower
underserved individuals and communities are expected to increase
development opportunities, enhance development outcomes and improve
people's quality of life. (Adapted Definition From Wikipedia and WorldBank.org)
EMPOWERMENT
To increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of
individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered
developing confidence in their own capacities.
© TDA ENTRPRZ 2011
All Rights Reserved