Look up: empowerment

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   Empowerment
   The effect of passing authority from superior to subordinate.
   Found on http://www.bized.co.uk/cgi-bin/glossaryd
   
   
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   Empowerment
   Enabling people to take responsibility for themselves and helping them to make decisions about their own lives.
   Found on http://society.guardian.co.uk/glossary/p
   
   
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   empowerment
   The process of gaining access and developing one`s capacities with a view to participating actively in shaping one`s own life and that of one`s community in economic,social and political terms Category: Man and society • forms of collective action by marginalised and underprivileged groups which, by articulating and organising their interests, wish to improve their position in social, ...
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Empowerment
   `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.
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empowerment
   
   
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   empowerment
   (em-pow´er-ment) the gaining by individuals or groups of the capability to fully participate in decision making processes in an equitable and fair fashion.
   Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns