Reflection on women empowerment concept; Components and processes

Subject Areas : Journal of Cultural Management

سمیه  فریدونی ¹ (مسئول مکاتبات)
گلناز  مهران ² (ندارد)

Received: 2014-09-07 Accepted : 2014-09-07 Published : 2012-09-22

Keywords: Empowerment, Gender, women, development,

Abstract :

Introduction: Women empowerment is the conception that make in order to changing in some social instructions and making some new systems which are not relying on traditional paradigm of power and patriarchy values. In this research in the beginning elements of empowerment as a concept and their interactions have been interpreted and finally the interaction among five common elements that are the most important of them is presented schematically Method :This article is a kind of literature review that the researcher has tried reflecting on many different meanings and analysis about women empowerment. Findings: Review on more than 30 articles and books about women empowerment concept showed that 5 components; Power, Autonomy, Empowerment in both individual and group levels and Empowerment as an outcome and process are common components among lots of meaning and literature about women empowerment. These five constituents have interaction together and with empowerment. Results: Women Empowerment is the essential perecived in new century and we couldn't not pay attention to it, hence many of developed countries and international humanitirian and development organizations have focused on women empowermet as an important goal. Finally reflect and review on empowerment litreratures and its five common components could have been abled the researcher to provide the new defenition about women empowerment.