Women’s economic empowerment

This document summarizes the concept of empowerment and discusses women's economic empowerment. Empowerment has two dimensions: resources and agency. Resources include tangible assets like material goods and finances as well as intangible assets like skills and social networks. Agency refers to people's ability to define goals and act upon them. Empowerment requires action at multiple levels - individual, interpersonal, and through social and political change. While economic resources are important for empowering women, simply increasing access to resources may not be sufficient without also addressing agency and structural barriers at different levels of society.