PHM-Exch> Understanding and operationalising empowerment

[Claudio Schuftan]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Claudio Schuftan
<cschuftan at phmovement.org>wrote:

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> From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) ruglucia at paho.org
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>  *Understanding and operationalising empowerment
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> Cecilia Luttrell and Sitna Quiroz, with Claire Scrutton and Kate Bird
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> Working Paper 308
> *UK** Overseas Development Institute - November 2009
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> Available online PDF [39p.] at:
> http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/4525.pdf
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> “……..This paper presents an overview of the different definitions of and
> conceptual approaches to empowerment.
> It was produced for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
> following publication of an independent evaluation of SDC’s application of
> empowerment approaches in its development programming.
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> Discussions around empowerment are commonly limited to activities
> associated with ‘economic’, ‘social’ and ‘political’ empowerment.
> Transforming power relations does require intervention in these different
> dimensions and levels, but this paper takes the debate beyond such a
> sectoral approach to explore a number of conceptual issues that have
> practical implications for the operationalisation of empowerment.
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> The main issues covered by the paper include:
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> • The recent history of the use of the term ‘empowerment’ in development;
> • Different definitions and conceptual approaches to empowerment; and
> • Various operational implications of these debates, including whether
> empowerment is viewed as a process or an outcome;
>    how power operates; strategies for inclusion; and implications of
> working on empowerment with partners. ….”
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