This document discusses empowerment, structure, and agency. It introduces a model of empowerment that views empowerment as existing in a cyclical relationship with structures and agency. Structures both enable and constrain individuals, influencing their identity and empowerment. Empowered individuals then have greater agency to act and interact with structures, potentially creating new structures. The document emphasizes that empowerment is most effective when approached as a collective process that brings about social change. It questions how language around empowerment is used and how to encourage focusing on structures' enabling aspects.