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Taking the power out of empowerment – an experiential account

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  • Srilatha Batliwala

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This article traces the centuries-long evolution of the concept and practice of empowerment, its adoption by radical social movements, especially women's movements from the 1970s onwards, and its conversion, by the late 1990s, into a buzzword. Situating the analysis in the context of women's empowerment interventions in India, the article describes the dynamic of the depoliticisation and subversion of a process that challenged the deepest structures of social power. The ‘downsizing’ and constriction of the concept within state policy, the de-funding of genuine empowerment strategies on the ground, and the substitution of microfinance and political quotas for empowerment are examined and analysed.

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  • Srilatha Batliwala, 2007. "Taking the power out of empowerment – an experiential account," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(4-5), pages 557-565.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:17:y:2007:i:4-5:p:557-565
    DOI: 10.1080/09614520701469559
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    1. Prasansha Kumari, 2022. "Elements of microfinance on spatial poverty alleviation in Sri Lanka: Structural equation modeling," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 14(2), pages 137-165, June.
    2. Heather M. Tucker & Rebecca Odhiambo & Laura Jadwin-Cakmak & Anita Mbanda & Ashley Lacombe-Duncan & Caroline Rucah & Ini-Abasi Ubong & Cynthia Akoth Ouko & Wilson Odero & Gary W. Harper, 2024. "“Empowerment for Us by Us (E4UBU)”: Developing a Model of Empowerment Using Feminist Participatory Methods with LBQT+ Persons Assigned Female at Birth in Western Kenya," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(7), pages 1-13, July.

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