26984 words

empowerment

2 definitions • 5 examples
1
the process of gaining freedom and power to do what you want or to control what happens to you:

Examples:

female/youth empowerment
political/economic empowerment
Part of the philosophy of the World Wide Web is the empowerment of the individual.
2
the process of giving a group of people more freedom or rights:

Examples:

This approach to management emphasizes the empowerment of workers to make decisions.
The government's economic empowerment program aims to create jobs and raise living standards in the poorer communities.

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