East Jean Francis, Roll Susan J
Soc Work. 2015 Oct;60(4):279-86. doi: 10.1093/sw/swv030.
This article describes an empowerment approach for working with diverse women who experience poverty, trauma, and multiple structural oppressions. The approach is the result of 20 years of experience developing, implementing, and evaluating this practice in a metropolitan community, and is grounded in women's empowerment theory and relational-cultural theory. The interventions combine social work's clinical interventions with community organizing strategies to promote personal and collective empowerment, supporting the "personal is political" tenet of feminist practice. The interventions, including nonclinical interviews, story circles, and leadership and advocacy education and training, can guide practitioners in providing services and programs that create a space for women to make changes in their personal lives and in their community. Program outcomes report successful changes for women in improving symptoms, increasing self-efficacy, and engaging in community advocacy. Women who participated also reported an increased sense of power, balancing commonality and difference among women, and a sense of hope for their future.
本文介绍了一种针对经历贫困、创伤和多种结构性压迫的不同女性群体的赋权方法。该方法是在一个大都市社区开展、实施和评估这一实践20年的经验成果，以女性赋权理论和关系文化理论为基础。这些干预措施将社会工作的临床干预与社区组织策略相结合，以促进个人和集体赋权，支持女权主义实践中“个人即政治”的原则。这些干预措施包括非临床访谈、故事分享会以及领导力和倡导教育培训，可为从业者提供指导，帮助他们提供服务和项目，为女性创造一个在个人生活和社区中做出改变的空间。项目成果报告显示，女性在改善症状、增强自我效能感以及参与社区倡导方面取得了成功的改变。参与的女性还报告称，她们的权力感增强，平衡了女性之间的共性和差异，对未来充满希望。
