Kasturirangan Aarati
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2008 Dec;14(12):1465-75. doi: 10.1177/1077801208325188.
Programs designed to address domestic violence often name empowerment of women as a major program goal. However, programs do not necessarily define what empowerment for survivors of domestic violence entails. This review examines the literature on empowerment, including characteristics of an empowerment process and critiques of empowerment. Diversity of goals for empowerment and differences in access to resources for women experiencing domestic violence are explored as two major factors that should inform program development. Recommendations are offered for developing programs to address domestic violence that support women engaged in an empowerment process.
旨在解决家庭暴力问题的项目通常将增强妇女权能作为一项主要项目目标。然而，这些项目不一定明确家庭暴力幸存者的赋权意味着什么。本综述考察了关于赋权的文献，包括赋权过程的特征以及对赋权的批评。探讨了赋权目标的多样性以及遭受家庭暴力的妇女在获取资源方面的差异，将其作为指导项目发展的两个主要因素。针对制定解决家庭暴力问题的项目以支持参与赋权过程的妇女提出了建议。
