Contextualising empowerment: highlighting key elements from women's stories of empowerment. Issue 8 (17th November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Muchtar, Adinda Tenriangke; Overton, John; Palomino-Schalscha, Marcela
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 29:Issue 8(2019)
• Page Start: 1053
• Page End: 1063
• Publication Date: 2019-11-17
• Subjects: Labour and livelihoods – Poverty reduction -- Aid – Development -- Gender and diversity; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2019.1609906
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article explores key elements of women's empowerment based on findings from fieldwork in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It argues that efforts to promote women's empowerment should recognise that empowerment requires women to make their own strategies to suit their particular circumstances. A conceptualisation of empowerment is proposed and this framework consists of 4Cs (capability, confidence, choice, commitment) and 3As (awareness, achievement, acknowledgment). The 4Cs and 3As reflect the personal, relational, and multidimensional aspects of empowerment. The framework talks uniquely to the context where women in this study live, and particularly how they engage in an empowerment project.