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'''Empowerment''' refers to increasing the [[spiritual]], [[political]], social or [[economic]] strength of [[individuals]] and [[communities]]. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.
'''Empowerment''' refers to increasing the [[spiritual]], [[political]], social or [[economic]] strength of [[individuals]] and [[communities]]. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
The term Human Empowerment covers a vast landscape of meanings, interpretations, definitions and [[disciplines]] ranging from [[psychology]] and [[philosophy]] to the highly commercialized Self-Help industry and Motivational sciences.
The term Human Empowerment covers a vast landscape of meanings, interpretations, definitions and [[disciplines]] ranging from [[psychology]] and [[philosophy]] to the highly commercialized Self-Help industry and Motivational sciences.
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Empowerment''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Empowerment this link.]</center>
Sociological empowerment often addresses members of [[groups]] that social discrimination have excluded from decision-making processes through - for example - discrimination based on disability, [[race]], ethnicity, [[religion]], or [[gender]]. Empowerment as a [[methodology]] is often associated with feminism.
Sociological empowerment often addresses members of [[groups]] that social discrimination have excluded from decision-making processes through - for example - discrimination based on disability, [[race]], ethnicity, [[religion]], or [[gender]]. Empowerment as a [[methodology]] is often associated with feminism.
==Marginalization and empowerment==
==Marginalization and empowerment==