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)
17.
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)