title: Empowerment and programs designed to address domestic violence.
abstract: Programs designed to address domestic violence often name empowerment of women as a major program goal. However, programs do not necessarily define what empowerment for survivors of domestic violence entails. This review examines the literature on empowerment, including characteristics of an empowerment process and critiques of empowerment. Diversity of goals for empowerment and differences in access to resources for women experiencing domestic violence are explored as two major factors that should inform program development. Recommendations are offered for developing programs to address domestic violence that support women engaged in an empowerment process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Aarati
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kasturirangan
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011209:Power, Psychological; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017741:Survivors; D016387:Women's Health