0 the process of gaining freedom and power to do what you want or to control what happens to you:
Part of the philosophy of the World Wide Web is the empowerment of the individual.
1 the process of giving a group of people more freedom or rights:
This approach to management emphasizes the empowerment of workers to make decisions.
The government's economic empowerment program aims to create jobs and raise living standards in the poorer communities.
In the process some meanings are amplified - for example, the idea of patient involvement and empowerment - while others are marginalised.
Indeed, the political empowerment of previously disenfranchised groups makes them a more permanent and potent force leaning against reversal.
However, there was some resistance to certain aspects of the 'family empowerment' agenda.
Empowered outcomes refer to the operationalisation of empowerment.
In most health care settings, we are far from the stated ideal of citizen empowerment.
Flexible funding can also be used as a way of promoting empowerment and choice in mental health service users.
The empowerment of victims within restorative justice may be illusory and tokenistic, with the key focus remaining on exploring 'economical' ways of managing the troublesome.
A brief history of empowerment of population and rising birth rates.
