Introduction: Women's empowerment: Contentions and contestations

Cornwall, Andrea; Anyidoho, Nana Akua

Abstract

Andrea Cornwall and Nana Akua Anyidoho critically examine empowerment in an introduction to how to go beyond mainstream interpretations of empowerment to discover what is happening in women's lives that is bringing about positive change.

Citation

Cornwall, A., & Anyidoho, N. A. (2010). Introduction: Women's empowerment: Contentions and contestations. Development, 53(2), 144-149. https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2010.34

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Feb 6, 2012
• Journal: Development
• Print ISSN: 1011-6370
• Electronic ISSN: 1461-7072
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 144-149
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2010.34
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/dev.2010.34