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WomenEmpowerment
Women'sempowermentisthewayorasocialactioninwhichwomenelaborateand
recreatewhatitistobeinacircumstancethattheypreviouslyweredenied.Empowerment
canbedefinedinmanyways,however,whentalkingaboutwomen'sempowerment,
empowermentmeansacceptingandallowingpeople(women)whoareontheoutsideofthe
decision-makingprocessintoit.Thisputsastrongemphasisonparticipationinpolitical
structuresandformaldecision-makingand,intheeconomicsphere,ontheabilitytoobtain
anincomethatenablesparticipationineconomicdecision-making.[3]Empowermentisthe
processthatcreatespowerinindividualsovertheirownlives,society,andintheir
communities.Peopleareempoweredwhentheyareabletoaccesstheopportunities
availabletothemwithoutlimitationsandrestrictionssuchasineducation,professionand
lifestyle.Feelingentitledtomakeyourowndecisionscreatesasenseofempowerment.
Empowermentincludestheactionofraisingthestatusofwomenthrougheducation,raising
awareness,literacy,andtraining.Women'sempowermentisallaboutequippingandallowing
womentomakelife-determiningdecisionsthroughthedifferentproblemsinsociety.[4]
Alternatively,itistheprocessforwomentoredefinegenderrolesthatallowsforthemto
acquiretheabilitytochoosebetweenknownalternativeswhomhaveotherwisebeen
restrictedfromsuchanability.[1]Thereareseveralprinciplesdefiningwomen's
empowermentsuchas,foronetobeempowered,theymustcomefromapositionof
disempowerment.Furthermore,onemustacquireempowermentthemselvesratherthan
haveitgiventothembyanexternalparty.Otherstudieshavefoundthatempowerment
definitionsentailpeoplehavingthecapabilitytomakeimportantdecisionsintheirliveswhile
alsobeingabletoactonthem.Lastly,empowermentanddisempowermentisrelativeto
otherataprevioustime;therefore,empowermentisaprocess,notaproduct.[2]
Womenempowermenthasbecomeasignificanttopicofdiscussion
indevelopmentandeconomics.Itcanalsopointtotheapproachesregardingother
trivializedgendersinaparticularpoliticalorsocialcontext.
Women'seconomicempowermentreferstotheabilityforwomentoenjoytheirrightto
controlandbenefitfromtheresources,assets,incomeandtheirowntime,aswellasthe