Explaining Empowerment as the activist / political term it originally was.

1. Empowerment.
What does that even mean?

2. Laura Laugwitz
@lauralindal
Rails Girls Berlin
eurucamp
Social + Computer Science = <3

3. Laura Laugwitz
@lauralindal
Rails Girls Berlin
eurucamp
Social + Computer Science = <3

11. Empower application X to be more Y
Empower Users to buy more Z

12. Empower application X to be more Y
Empower Users to buy more Z

15. „[...] empowerment refers to the
process by which those who have
been denied the ability to make
choices acquire such an ability”
(Kabeer 2005)

16. „[Empowerment] is understood as
improving the political, social, ecomonic and
spiritual power of a community or a person
that is/are structurally disadvantaged
because of constructs such as race, religion,
gender, sexuality, class, ability and/or age“
(Brilling, Hamaz, Erguen-Hamaz 2013: 4)

18. "Power can be taken, but not given.
The process of the taking is
empowerment in itself."
(Steinem ~1970)

19. „To understand the situation of
oppression, one must first critically
recognize its roots in order to then
change the situation and create a new
one [...]“
(Freire 1974: 34)

21. Understand what is happening

22. !

24. Lovelace &
Lamarr &
Hopper &
Bartik &
Granville &
Hamilton &
Perlman &
Borg.

26. Exposure to Computers

27. Confidence Interest→

28. School & University

29. Stereotype Threat
Study Groups
Classroom

30. Working Life

31. Job Listings
Selection Process
Interruptions
Care Work

33. Undermining the
systemic reproduction of inequality

34. individual

35. Learn
Understand
Support

36. group-related

37. Join Forces
Value Cooperation over Competition
Keep the Conversation going

38. structural

39. Establish new Structures
Establish yourself
Promote those who care

40. hiremorewomenintech.com
modelviewculture.com
geekfeminism.org