Look up: empowerment

1. Empowerment
   [Tibetan Buddhism] An empowerment is a ritual in Tibetan Buddhism which initiates a student into a particular tantric deity practice. The Tibetan word for this is wang (Skt. abhiṣeka; Tib. དབང་, wang; Wyl. dbang), which literally translates to power. The Sanskrit term for this is a...
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2. Empowerment
   [sculpture] Empowerment is a public sculpture in the centre of the city of Lincoln in England. Designed by the artist Stephen Broadbent, sponsored by Alstom Power (now Siemens), and completed in 2002, the sculpture spans the River Witham in Lincoln`s City Square. It takes the form of two alu...
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3. Empowerment
   The effect of passing authority from superior to subordinate.
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4. Empowerment
   Enabling people to take responsibility for themselves and helping them to make decisions about their own lives.
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5. 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 grou...
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6. 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.
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7. Empowerment
   Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social, educational, gender or economic strength of individuals and communities. ==Definitions== The term empowerment covers a vast landscape of meanings, interpretations, definitions and disciplines ranging from psychology and philosophy t...
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