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angela bassett  empowering speech for women. every woman should hear this !

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Empowerment comes in different forms, but what exactly is it?

Empowerment is a way for people to take action in order to improve their lives, or to begin doing something in order to improve a communities's environment. (Cite here)

Empowerment is also stated to extend towards feminist movements in order bring unity and combat human rights violations.

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Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H. (2019) explains that an important principle within empowerment is Consciousness Raising. The textbook states that "Consciousness Raising is the process of enhancing people’s awareness of themselves, of others, or of issues in the social environment". What this means is that this makes women/ people to ask questions in regards to issues within their environment.

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Important Principles Within Empowerment Cont.

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Important Principles Within Empowerment Cont.

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Another important principle in empowerment is the assessment of strengths and needs.

Chapin, R. K. (2017) highlights that strength assessment in a community places the strength and resources as a center focus and never limits someone or their community to their problems.

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Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H. (2019) highlights that social workers strive to improve traits within a client through empowerment.

These traits include

Positive sense of self-worth and competence

Ability to influence the course of one’s life

Capacity to work with others to control aspects of public life

Ability to access the mechanisms of public decision making

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Student Experiences in Regards to Empowerment in Social Work

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Student Experiences in Regards to Empowerment in Social Work

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Empowerment in Social Work: Students' Experiences