Women's empowerment: contentions and contestations

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2010
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Cornwall, A., Akua Anyidoho, N.

Abstract

Andrea Cornwall and Nana Akua Anyidoho critically examine empowerment in an introduction to how to go beyond mainstream interpretations of empowerment to discover what is happening in women's lives that is bringing about positive change.

Citation

Development (2010) 53 (2) 144–149 [doi:10.1057/dev.2010.34]

Women’s empowerment: contentions and contestations

Published 1 January 2010
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