Pathways Synthesis Report. Empowerment: a journey not a destination

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2011
Country:
Brazil, Bangladesh, Ghana, Pakistan, Egypt and Afghanistan
Document Type:
Research Paper
Theme:
Social Change
First published:
1 January 2011

Abstract

This Pathways synthesis report presents the findings and key messages from research from 59 projects in 15 countries carried out over 5 years. The key findings were:
1. What is empowering to one woman is not necessarily empowering to another. 2. Women바카라 사이트™s ability to exercise voice and strategic forms of control over their lives is linked to being able to generate regular and independent sources of income. 3. Relationships lie at the heart of women바카라 사이트™s empowerment. 4. Sexuality is a vital but neglected dimension of women바카라 사이트™s empowerment. 5. Understanding women바카라 사이트™s empowerment calls for rigorous and imaginative combinations of research methodologies and methods. 6. Efforts to promote women바카라 사이트™s empowerment need to do more than give individual women economic or political opportunities. 7. Policies and laws that affirm women바카라 사이트™s rights and open up pathways for women바카라 사이트™s empowerment are critically important. 8. Women바카라 사이트™s organising is vital for sustainable change. 9. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to women바카라 사이트™s empowerment. 10. Fostering public engagement and debate is essential to making policies that work for women바카라 사이트™s empowerment and gender equality. 11. Recognising and supporting those within the state who are responsible for the implementation of women바카라 사이트™s empowerment interventions is crucial. 12. Changing attitudes and values is as important to bringing about women바카라 사이트™s empowerment.

Citation

Anon. Pathways Synthesis Report. Empowerment: a journey not a destination. Pathways of Women바카라 사이트™s Empowerment, Brighton, UK (2011) 56 pp.

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