Research Catalog

Title

Questioning empowerment : working with women in Honduras / Jo Rowlands.

Author

Rowlands, Jo.

Publication

Oxford [England] : Oxfam ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Humanities Press International [distributor], ©1997.

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Details

Description

xii, 180 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"Empowerment" is a popular buzz-word used by many diverse development organizations - but what does it really mean? Jo Rowlands examines the various meanings given to the concept of empowerment, and the many ways in which power can be expressed, in personal relationships and in wider social interactions. The book examines two development projects in Honduras which were both concerned mainly with women, comparing their different approaches, and assessing the extent to which the women involved were empowered as a result of their experiences. empowerment is possible for women without major changes in social attitudes.

Subject

• Women in development > Honduras
• Women > Honduras > Social conditions
• Women in development
• Women > Social conditions
• Vrouwenemancipatie
• Zelfontwikkeling
• women
• womens empowerment
• women in development
• womens organization
• development theory
• economic conditions
• social structure
• social conditions
• training programme
• health
• obstacle
• rural women
• leadership
• psychological aspect
• human relations
• case study
• femmes
• autonomisation des femmes
• rôle de la femme dans le développement
• organisation féminine
• théorie du développement
• conditions économiques
• structure sociale
• conditions sociales
• programme de formation
• santé
• femmes rurales
• commandement
• aspect psychologique
• relations humaines
• étude de cas
• mujeres
• potenciación de las mujeres
• participación de la mujer en el desarrollo
• organización femenina
• teoría del desarrollo
• condiciones económicas
• estructura social
• condiciones sociales
• programa de formación
• salud
• obstáculo
• mujeres rurales
• liderazgo
• aspecto psicológico
• relaciones humanas
• estudio de casos
• Honduras
• Honduras

Genre/Form

• graph.
• map.
• carte géographique.
• graphique.
• gráfico.
• mapa.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-173) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Power and empowerment -- 3. Background information on Honduras -- 4. Case study 1: Health Promoters' Training Programme, Urraco -- 5. Case study 2: Programa Educativo de la Mujer, Santa Barbara -- 6. Analysing empowerment: a dynamic view -- 7. Using the model: empowerment, gender, and development.

ISBN

• 0855983620
• 9780855983628

LCCN

97222505

OCLC

• ocm37873309
• 37873309
• SCSB-350840

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library