Youth empowerment is an attitudinal, structural, and cultural process whereby young people gain the ability, authority, and agency to make decisions and implement change in their own lives and the lives of other people, including youth and adults. [1] Youth empowerment is often addressed as a gateway to intergenerational equity, civic engagement and democracy building.
Community empowerment Community empowerment is an all-exclusive term that refers to the accessibility of a group of people to educational, health and other services offered by local, state and federal government for the good of the community. It is usually directed at making the community an influential force in national growth and development. It encompasses …
Women continue to aspire for leadership positions in all spheres of governance in both the public and private sector. However it has not been easy. The paper will examine the many challenges women still face in taking leadership positions with specific reference to African women. Included in the paper are the barriers related to culture …
William Norman Lancaster ENGL- 1301 18 September, 2012 A Response to “Hip Hop: A Roadblock or pathway to Black Empowerment” Geoffrey Bennett’s article Hip Hop: A Roadblock or Pathway to Black Empowerment illustrates the influence hip hop and rap music has had on not only the music industry but mainstream culture, African Americans to be …
Woman’s essence lies in her innate ability to care and love. She plays an all-enveloping character of a mother, daughter, wife , sister , friend, nurturer, guide and partner. She can be strong and soft, hard but still delicate. Woman is indeed the most beautiful creation of the Almighty! The status of women in India …
Abstract This essay will examine the advantages and disadvantages of empowering women so that they can hold other positions apart from their traditional ones. Firstly, it will consider the disadvantages of women empowerment mainly in terms with economical and social stand in the general society. And all of which has proven it’s drawbacks when the …
There has been a divided opinion regarding the position of women in the Vedic and Puranic ages. According to many scholars the Vedas accord a position of importance to women. There was considerable freedom enjoyed by them in matters of marriage, education etc. William Durant sums up the position of the Vedic woman thus: “Women …
The Abolition Movement and African American Empowerment as Reflected in the 2008 Election The nineteenth century was fraught with tensions, culminating in the Civil War of 1860 to 1864. Part of those tensions was the abolition movement of the 1830’s. While there were some prominent white abolitionists, there were just as many prominent African-American …
One of the most important dilemmas that educators face is dealing with the relationship between theory and practice. To top it all, teachers have to look upon multifarious theoretical traditions on which they could source their creativity in innovating new programs in teacher education or critiquing ongoing programs. In fact, there are a range of …
“Faculty Empowerment & the Changing University Environment” In our case “Faculty Empowerment & the Changing University Environment” we came across two separate subjects both of which our group can relate to and both of which correlate to each other. In the beginning we reviewed the topic of nowadays Universities and what has changed recently and …
