BACKGROUND Female sex workers (FSWs) experience high levels of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) morbidity, violence and discrimination. Successful SRH interventions for FSWs in India and elsewhere have long prioritised community mobilisation and structural interventions, yet little is known about similar approaches in African settings. We systematically reviewed community empowerment proces...

Malaysia is a major importer of migrant labour within the ASEAN region, and migration has adverse implications for sexual reproductive health (SRH) women workers. Given centrality workplace to lives such women, this article reports qualitative analysis interview data with workers ( N = 14) wider stakeholders 10) considers extent which they are able effect change in SRH policy practice. Informed...

Participatory budgeting gains momentum around the world, and increasing evidence provides mixed results about its effects. Under these circumstances, it is unclear if citizens consider a source of empowerment an avenue for effective decision-making in life their local community. We know very little how participants participatory perceive collective empowerment. This article seeks to identify fa...

The aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of institutional actions from the standpoint of cognitive science. The notion of constitutive rules have been proposed to describe the conceptual nature of institutions. In this paper it is extended to cover specific processes of ‘recognition’ that provide the agents with additional artificial powers. The power of doing an institutional action is ...

Youth empowerment within the context of sustainable development (SD) is starting to gain more attention social work, both internationally and in Sweden. SD, as an integrated set global goals tackling social, economic, ecological challenges, a vital concept work. Protecting people natural environment can be considered fullest realization person-in-environment, foundation upon which work professi...