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What is Women’s Empowerment?

So how do we empower girls and women? And what exactly is women’s empowerment?

Surprisingly, there is no common definition of women’s empowerment. In fact, the word “empowerment” does not exist in most languages. Although the phrase “women’s empowerment” is used pervasively in the Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment space (and beyond), it is generally in the context of issues, economic empowerment, political participation, and girls’ education.

Furthermore, most of the data that have been collected is on gender equality or more accurately inequality, counting the number of boys vs. girls, men vs. women. There is dearth of information on women’s empowerment, particularly at the global level.

Defining Empowerment & Gathering the Data: First-Ever Global Survey on Women’s Empowerment

According to the World Bank:

Empowerment is the process of increasing the capacity of individuals or groups to make choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes.

Empowerment is a process. Through the process, an individual becomes an agent of change. More simply put, it’s the “can do” factor, going from “I can’t” to “I can.”

So, are girls and women empowered?

We are the agents of change that would like to preach confidence, value and productivity in every girl and woman of the world.

Together we can be the change we want to see in this world.

Written by

Alnetra Zaroe

President