Becoming a generalist social worker will provide us with a broad range of skills to work with micro‚ mezzo and macro groups from all different ethnicities‚ ages‚ and religions. Professors here at UTA teach us many different models and theories that we can use as tools to work with our clients or groups successfully. A newer social work perspective that I would like to discuss in this paper is the empowerment approach. The empowerment theory gained legitimacy as a paradigm back in 1981 by Julian
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Film Evaluation: Black Is… Black Ain’t The final film by Marlon Riggs‚ Black is…Black Ain’t‚ is concerned with the state of the African American community. This film essentially asks the question‚ what does it mean to be black? The director and producer‚ Marlon Riggs‚ guides viewers along an “an up-front examination of racism‚ sexism‚ and homophobia within the black community itself. Bringing together personal stories‚ interviews‚ music‚ history‚ and performance‚ Black Is...Black Ain’t asks African
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over the constitutionality of the First Bank of the United States gave rise to two different interpretations of the Constitution. While the Jeffersonian Republicans held a strict-constructionist view of the Constitution‚ the Federalists took on a broad-constructionist view of the Constitution. These became defining characteristics of the two political parties. However‚ during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison‚ the desire of one party to dominate over the other caused both parties to stray
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NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN (2001) | IntroductionThe principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble‚ Fundamental Rights‚ Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Constitution not only grants equality to women‚ but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women.Within the framework of a democratic polity‚ our laws‚ development policies‚ Plans and programmes have aimed at women’s advancement in
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Participation and Empowerment: An International Journal Emerald Article: Empowerment‚ using skills and competence management Gijs Houtzagers Article information: To cite this document: Gijs Houtzagers‚ (1999)‚"Empowerment‚ using skills and competence management"‚ Participation and Empowerment: An International Journal‚ Vol. 7 Iss: 2 pp. 27 - 32 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14634449910271429 Downloaded on: 20-10-2012 Citations: This document has been cited by 6 other
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Need for Women’s Empowerment in India In this contemporary world‚ women need to gain the same amount of power that men have. Now‚ it is time to forget that men are the only holders of power. In India‚ women are still facing different obstacles in male-dominated cultures. The things are related to women’s status and their future. However‚ I believe that Indian women are slowly getting empowerment in the sectors like education‚ politics‚ the work force and even more power within their own households
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best way to work alongside clients. The following essay discusses‚ analyses and critiques a specific practice theory. The theory that was chosen is empowerment theory. The key factors‚ political and historical aspects will also be shown throughout and the theory will be assessed for its effectiveness in regards to a specific case study. Empowerment theory can be used effectively with a wide range of clients. It was initially developed to employ a sense of power to oppressed groups such as women
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Entrepreneurship is the future of the modern society. They are the driving forces behind Indian economy. Entrepreneurs are people who come out with an new ideas ‚ innovations ‚ do things‚ which are not generally done in the ordinary course of a business. Empowerment of women entrepreneur is an new mantra for development of economy. The present paper focuses mainly women entrepreneur ‚they still represent a minority of all entrepreneurs. It is observed that women entrepreneur networks are major sources of
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Youth Empowerment through NSS Programme with Special Reference to Kongu Arts and Science College‚ Erode P.Annadurai* Abstract Youth represent the hope and future of a nation. The youth have a vital role to play in promoting and strengthening of social consciousness against social evil and traditions. Youth empowerment is an attitudinal‚ structural and cultural process whereby youth gain ability‚ authority and agency to make decision and implementing the change intheir own lives and the society
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their employees. Empowerment is defined for purposes of this paper as the ability of employees to " . . . use more judgment and discretion in their work and to participate more fully in decisions affecting their working lives." (Potterfield‚ 1999‚ p. 2). This paper includes an analysis of the theoretical background of empowerment and why it is important to the teams-building process‚ a brief discussion of empowerment procedures (including a guideline for devising an Empowerment Measure)‚ and
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