Women Empowerment in Development: An Overview

Nor Hafizan Habib Sultan, Fatan Yahaya

2018

Abstract

This article explains the various concepts, theories and dimensions of empowerment that have been discussed by different scholars with different views. It is an attempt to organize research on empowerment and women involving domestic and foreign research with emphasis on the linkages between the four dimensions of empowerment, i.e. economic empowerment, social empowerment, psychological empowerment and political empowerment. Therefore, in this study, the concepts, theories and the dimensions of empowerment are explained by its significance. This study is a qualitative study that uses document analysis. The results show that empowerment contributes to the development of significant research on empowerment that has been applied in various fields such as social, economic, political, community development, psychology, health, education and organization (Ampumuza et al., 2007; Scheyvens, 1999; Sathiabama, 2010; Angahar, 2012) and at the same time delivering a better understanding of empowerment. Based on literature reviews, empowerment has been discussed by previous researchers at individual, community and stakeholder levels for socio-economic development purpose.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Habib Sultan N. and Yahaya F. (2018). Women Empowerment in Development: An Overview.In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research - Volume 1: ICMR, ISBN 978-989-758-437-4, pages 527-534. DOI: 10.5220/0008890005270534

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icmr18,
author={Nor Hafizan Habib Sultan and Fatan Yahaya},
title={Women Empowerment in Development: An Overview},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research - Volume 1: ICMR,},
year={2018},
pages={527-534},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008890005270534},
isbn={978-989-758-437-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research - Volume 1: ICMR,
TI - Women Empowerment in Development: An Overview
SN - 978-989-758-437-4
AU - Habib Sultan N.
AU - Yahaya F.
PY - 2018
SP - 527
EP - 534
DO - 10.5220/0008890005270534