Empowerment and Women’s Empowerment – A Theoretical Basis

Empowerment refers to the level of freedom and self-determination individuals communities. Authority may include granting or accepting power, right, authority perform various actions duties. It helps people get started, make decisions for themselves, solve difficult problems. can be used many things such as education, health, politics, business, social personal development. have positive effects on groups self-esteem, self-confidence, creativity, productivity, satisfaction well-being. The term women’s empowerment process increasing sense self-worth, their ability own decisions, right influence change themselves others. Women’s achieved in ways, including knowledge, literacy, leadership, participation, decision-making, policy business. Empowering women is important because it benefits not only but also families help reduce poverty, hunger, disease, conflict environmental degradation. In addition, strengthens democracy, governance, human rights, peace security.